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25th iteaif No. 39 FREEPOET, N. Y., THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1961 a t ^ i K Z FIVE CElilTS FSB COPY
YOUR $ HELPS FREEPOR
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Picture above shows Lyman Uoryea (righti, co-chairman of the
I'leciiort March of Dimes Campaign. Mayor William F. GlachCD
(center). Honorary Chairman, and Hnbcrt L. Wells, Manaffcr of the
Atlantic Arenne Branch of the laag Island Trust Company, during the
official opening of the 1961 Frceport March of Dimes acfiounl. Co-rlialnnei^
i||lll7t^^iid Mallea alcead; report the receipt of many con*
irihutlons. The goal in Freeporl is SlOjBQO.
PARTY. PLAIISL.B1£.
100 Theatrical Stars
In Big Cerebral Palsy
WOR - Telethon Jan. 1445
More than 100 stars of stage,
screen, television and radio will
participate in the IB's-hour "Celeb­rity
Parade for Cerebral Palsy"
telethon to be featured this coming
Saturday and Sunday. Jan, 14 and
15 over WOR-TV (Channel 9».
iO IHCiEASE IN m i ilTE
Property Tax Rate of $2.20 Per $100
Remains Same 3rd Straight Year
For the third year In a row. there m'lil be no incrfn.se in the property
tax rate In the Village of Freeport. it was announced by Mayor WUllam
F. OlttClcen, Mayor and Unity E>nrly Standard Bearer, and the Village
Board, at the annual Budget meeUng held Monday night at the Villaae
hall. The tentative-budgret w a s approved bjr the-Board.- - -
-r-- I The property tax rale of $2.20 per
OPENS IN FREEPORT THURS. \
Local Branch Will Temporarrly
Be Locted at W. Merrick Rd.
Pli-st National City Bank of New York will open its Preeport Branch \
in NHS.saii County on January 12 with three days of special banking
boui-s and branch opening gifts for depositors This is tire bank's second :
branch oi>ened in . Nassau County under terms of tiie 1960 Omnibus >
Banking I^aw. !
Although the branch will be • —— •
temporarily located at lb West
Merrick Road, PreepoiJ., in a former
superrotfrlcA, peSrmaiient quarters
wiU lie constructed three hloefcs to
$100 of valuation will remain un­changed.
It was. pointed out that
this rate is far lower than any of
the surrounding communities, and
has been maintained for 3 jpeais
despite many costly IniprovcmentB
made during the past year.
Among the improvements of Iha
past year which have been absorbed
within the present t^x structuro
were: an increase In the liumtaer o(
police personnel and crosstns
(Continued on page 121
Over 1200 Expected af Meeting
And Dinner-Dance Thurs. Jan. 19
Tile Unity Party of Pi-peport. headed by Mayor William P. Glacken.
will hold a full membership meeiine and n dinner-dance on Thursday,
Jiimiary 19, at Guy Lombardo'.s East Point Hou.<ie.
A capacity atteridunrp of over 1200 i."5 expected. Admlsi<iton will be
Kiihijut charge to all )»arty members- This affair will offiemlly launch
UM> Unity Party's 1961 campaisn -—~
fpr the Freeport elections which' •—J^'jiiii^iiiiiiiiiiiii iiii
Will be held In March. j ^ i S l ^ ^ g ' f l SPECIAL
Although not officially aanounc- WJaBBflBlfc^]
ed, it is expected that Mayor Wil- J ^ ^ K ^ S i S l S DRUG STOKE
liain*F. Glacken will again run for SilaK^^aWMi
rt-eleotlon and head the Pnity * \ , ^ | ^ g ^ ^ B B NOTICE
Parly slate of candidates, I
Bernard Abbene, the campaign | The Atlantic Cheip^ists, 179 At-ihanager,
this week announced the lanllc Ave., Freeport, will remain
OR
FAVORITE FOR FAMILY FUN
Bw mmxm VASn.
Million-Dollar 44-Lane Palace
Attracts Men, Women and Children
In (he pHsL fpw years we've nil heard about bnwliiiK bc-iiip America's
• 'jest iiiitlleiiee partiripation .sport bur actually, to find the many rea-
• i.s why this is so. one has to visjl the a!l-m,^r!c^rl, iiiiliion-dollnr
iblishmeiH. callrd the PREEPORT BOWL any S inda.v iifurnoaii
This ven,- attractive recreation center, with it.'< 44 .•sIsiniiiB alle.v.s.
i the latest improvements and • — - • - •
. igns in the bowliiiK indu-siry. is J ^„ friend bowlinR, 'niinkliig that
ited on the corner of Henry and I j ^ever had bowled lenplns be-i
iimei-ctal Streets, adjacent to the jore, (in New Eugliiud we used
' 1 MIR ,stidioii right in the heart of candle pins and small balls), and
• eport.
• kin is my game. But last Sun-
!, reluctantly I consented to
e my 10 year-old daughter and
thinking that I would not enjoy the
afternoon, I decided to share my
"discomforf, so I conned my wife
(Continued on Page 9»
completion of the campaign organ­ization
hy the naming of captains.
open lale until 10 p.in., this Sun­day,
Jan. IS. All other drug stores
and in the larger districts.co-oap-1 wWch are members of ttie Free-tain?,
for the .20 Election Districts port Pharmacy AsaociaMon close at
In Fi'eeport, i 2 p,ni. on Sundays. The Atlantic
Theirnames are as follows: Maur-l Chemists telephone number Is FB
(Continued on Page 9) ' 8-46J6.
SURVEY MAY SHOW NEED FOR
ADDITIONAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Joint Meeting of School Officials
And Citizens Hear Expert Report
The apparent need for Increasing Preeport's Junior High S(;hool
facilities was dlsciissed at a special joint meeting of the Board of Sdu-catton.
and the Executive Boanl of The Freeport Citizens Advisory
Committee for Education it was announced today by Hugh Erwto, Vice
President of the Board and Stanley Pi deUsser, Chairman Of the Citi­zens
Advisory Committee.
The meeting look place In the
Board Room of the Senior Hi#>
School on Friday, January 6. The
participants In the meeting heard
rQiorts from several persons who
are StudyJnB the problem and dls-citssed
preliminary plans for meet^
tng tbe need.
The Board of Education has been
Bble-to Eecure ttie services ot Ji^
Henry H. Unn, Professor of Edu­cation
at Teachers College, Colum-
"Bm University, t o do a special study
<«! the Junior High School needs
and to make recommendations to
the Board. Dr. Unn, who Is a na*
tionaUy known consultant on s(^ool
construction needs. Is no steinger
to Freeport having advised' the
« ^ n t l n i i e d on rage • S)
EUUER
the west at West Merrick Road
and South Bergen Place.
Elmer A. Flnck of Valley Stream
has been appointed Manager of the
Fi'eeporl Branch. A banker for
over 36 years and former manager
of the Bush Terminal Branch in
Brooklyn, Mr. Pinck will be as.slsted
by three other Nassau <3ounty resi-dehts.
Gilbert J. Weber, assistant
manager. lives in Oceanside;
(Continued on Paee 4i
Marilyn JoAnnLove
Engaged to John
L. Latshaw, Jr.
Son of Dr. Jidm Latdiaw,
Metbodist Mimster
Stadyii^ For Qergy
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony B. Love,
26 Gill Ave., Freeport, announce the
engagement of their daagfhter, Mar­ilyn
JoAnn Ijove, to John linwood
Latshaw, Jr., son of The Rev. Dr.
and Mrs, John I.. latshaw.
The hrlde-to-fce Is eiiQiloyed by
Ghe Aetna Bisurance Company In
Garden City. Her fiance Is a Jun­ior
at Jimlatsi College, Huntingdon,
Penna., and Is studying for the
MethtKilst fiiiidstry.
Plctnre aliove thmm Dr. Anton Notcy, left, Sireetor of Doctors
Hospital^ receivfne. a plaque from Jeny Bacatelie, Kc^dent of the
Freeport RiUieis and Boosters dahs. Dr. Notcy was named "Fatber-
Booster of the Year" at the aanoal ftaepoit mg& School FDOtball
Awsid Dinn^ heU at Gny LomlHado's Bast Paint Honsc. Tht sU^r
was ^on*(a«d by tho Vnepext, WaXkt^s and Boostna Clah. Last ytar,
Geoive Morton htnnf and the late Mwanm Btyles were named tat this
'bonor. '-..'•.
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