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jMARCH OF DIMES CAMPAKI^
Community-Wide Projects Back 1961
Fund-Raising Fight Against Polio
Lyoian Duryea and frank Multen. co-chairmen of the 1961 Pree-port
Marc^ of Dimes campaign, announced the official start of this
annual plea for funds to light against the dreaded disease ol polio.
Tills year, the campaign will Ije community-wide because most of
the Tillage's leading organizations, societies and clubs have already
pledged thelar full cooperation.
Even though tihe campaign start­ed
officially on January 1. already
many contributions have been re­ceived,
"It's not the Wg money froin a
few people," said Chairmen Duryea
and Mullen, "but the nickels, dimes
and dollars from a great many
people which make up the true
teck-ljone ol the project."
been announced. Details on others
will be released hi the near future.
On Wednesday. Guy Lambardo,
internationally - known orchestra
leader, and Joseph "Van Blerck,
widely-known boatsmnn and marine
expert, spenrlieaded the drive when
they per.sonally appeared at Dur­yea's
Flower Shop on South Grove
Street to make Uieir contributions.
Many special events which will' Bath men are veteran re.sidents ol
aid the campaign have already | Freeport.
UDY JMcGUIR
CREATION DEP
DiiiEf CRID STARS
Robert L. Doamee, ITilltise Clerk,
rifht, and Andy Fioard, represen­tative
of the New Yoi* Titans Fn»'
fessional Football Team; and Kent
G. Thomson, Freeport Recreation
Department Superintendent in rear,
show a souvenir football donated
by the New York Titans to Dennis
Hanna, a member of the Randall
Rams Football T«-ant.
Over 140 fathers and sons attend­ed
the Kiwanis - Recreation Dept.
annual Midget Football Fathers &
Sons Night which was held at the
Bayview Ave. School recently. The
football shown above was won by
John Jeffries also a member of
the Randall Rams.
FPD Patrolmen B, Whitty^
B. Snook, Edward Doerr, Mrs.
Patricia Hannon and Mrs. |
I Wally Kuehn, Rescue Heroes
3rd Boy, 13 Year Old Anthony Greco, y
Dies When Rescue Attempt Fails I
Freeport Police Dept. Patrolman Bryan Whttty, r»lrolman Bruce '']
Snooii. Edward Doerr, and Inspector with the Pretoait Lighting Dept., ',.;
Mrs. Patricia, Hannon of 71 Lakeiew Ave. and Mrs. "Wally Kuehn ol ;
88 Lakevlew Ave., were community heroes last Friday when they rescued /'
WchaKi Ostrander, 13. and hls"br6ther,/Dmjald, 1?, Irom. tliojce,cov5;«3?^v'^^^
•-- ^—^-. . . I reservoir off Lnkcvicw Ave., Free- . )
Doll Named 'Kelly' The br<
Makes 1961 Debut
!
Miss Judy McGuire of, Freeport
appeared as "Miss Ivy Leag:iie" on
the TODAY television show on
Dec. B3. She Is an undergraduate
&( Vassar College- Judy Is shown
with Dave Garroway, NBC-TV
star (left), and announcer J»«k
Lescotille, during the show.
HONE COMPANY BUSINESS
GIRLS PLAY SANTA ON CHRISTMA
ORT TELEP
The eiriB fron tlie Fteeport Bnkiness Office of the Telephone Company again played Santa to a needy
family wbose name was suggested by Captain North of the Freeport SalvaUon Army Corps.
Santas siidfh was bdnmiiig with toys, claUUng, groceries, and other gifts to help make tb» tuiUdays
a happier one for tMs fasnlly of a mother and her foor chiidt«n.
Fietiired almra f nm left to ^ b t one Sia Kendall, Jmnette WUUiuns, Kay Watts, Ann Falk, EUecn
Hanrahan, Pai OoKser, Sonya lUarfM and Barliaiia Krenan.
A beautiful living doll named
"Kelly", "Kelly Oharlene Mehr-mami"
made her debut at Doctor's
Haspital in Freeport on December
29.
This charming 81b. 4 oz. bundle
of personality in the new daughter
of Charles and Gloria Mehrmann.
She was named "Kelly" by her
lawyer Dad in honor of two mem-
•others. together wttb
Anthony Greco, 13, were walking
acros.s Uie ice and were about 30
feet from shore when it craciced.
Tiie daring rescue wa.^ witnessed
by many passere-by who were In
the vicinity of the reservoir and
were attracted l>y the shouts and
cries tor help. Police said Umt the
trays fell into a depth of about Ifl
feel of water when the ice teoke.
Anthony Greco and Richard
Ostrander went in first and Don-bers
of Freeporfs famous Kelly aid fell in when he was trying to
Family. The first Is In memory of
the beloved late Tom Kelly, who
was a very close famjly_^ friend of
the Mehrmann's and the second for
Dr. Jack Kelly, son ol Peter Kelly,
who, while servlns his Internship
at Meadowbrook Hospital last year,
saved the Mfe of Kelly Oharlene'g
brother.
help.
Mrs. Hannon threw the rescuers
a rope and Mrs. Kuehn fell through
the Ice also when she came on the
scene with" blankets, towels, bed
clothes in an attempt to help the
rescue.
Ed DoeiT Was to the water when
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ADELAIDE BRALL AIMS WINS
3 STRAIGHT ON CBS-TV SHOW
Adelaide Aims ot Freeport niateli-ed
the record p^viously iet on the
television show "Video Village", by
being a t^ winner for the third
time this past Monday, January 2.
The show, wlilch stars Monte Hall,
M^ CBS-TV feature which is tele-cael^
(HI the cooat-to-coast network.
The new TV prize-winner In
private Hfe is Mrs. Frank Alms.
She resides with her husband and
tlirae-year old daughter at Ml S,
Bayview Ave. Her father, the late
Curtlss Brail, wa» a wldcly-bnown
newspapumak and artist. Si
mother, Mrs. Adelaide Brail, is on
the staff of the Town of Hempstead.
Mm-Aim was setect«d by talent
scouts to appear on "Video Vaiag^'
after they spotted Iter picture in a
newspaper'' tioty"'' al>oiit.>-' Freeport
mgt BO^mii WmsmmaOBg Dajr last
I ^ l l . Sbe !s a. giadnat^ «f FHS and
a Ufe-liing Ere^oHei'."
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