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FREEPORT BALDWIN ROOSEVELT MERRICK
26th Year, No, 10 FREEPORT, N. Y, THURSDAY. JUNE 22, 1961 pniCE FIVE CEHTS PEB COPY
High School Graduation Exercises for
Class of 196 i at Stadium Sunday, June 25
The second largest Senior Class In the history of JVeeport High
.School win he graduated In colorful exejsises to be held In the Municipal
Stadium on Sunday, "Jane 2Sth at 5:00 FM. Boartl of Education President
Hugh Brwln -wUl hand out a total of 368 diplomas to members of a
class which lias established an enviable scholasUc record.
Top student In this year's June
graduating class is Lawrence Mintz,
whoe four year high school average
of 95.03% earned htai the Val­edictory
honors. Extremely close to
the coveted number one scholastic
ranking is Barbara Baehr, who won
second place as Salutatorlan with
an average of 95.00%.
The keenness of the competition
•for seholasUo honors among Sf;n-lors
t.o be graduated on June 25th,
1961 is lUustiwted by the fact that
there is a spread 6t only .67% be­tween
first place and fourth. Jane
Erwin, with an average of 94^4%,
and Donaid Griffiths, with 94J5%.
wei-e breathing down the necks of
the first and second place wtoners.
Attesting to the generally high
calibre of students receiving a New
York State Regents Diploma Is the
fact that 11% of them have aver­ages
above 85%. The list of those
who rat" 90% or better includes t he
followiiifi;
Lawrence Mintz. Barbara Baehr,
Jane Envin, Donald Griffiths, Alan
Munro. Melvin Nierman, Dennis
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Freeport Library's
Summer Schedule
Registration For Simmier
ReacKng Club June 24.
Registration for the Summei
Readmg in the Children's Depart­ment
of the Preeport Memorial Li­brary
will begin Saturday, June 24
The theme Is "Round the World"
and the means of transportation
will be facsimile balloons. Children
(Continued on page 10)
Special Notice of
Freeport GOP Club
FrpepaH. BepnbUoan , Leader
Peter C. Kelly and Bob Scfaade,
Clnb Presidait, annotinced that
Robert W. Dill. RepsbHcan candi­date
for Ckranty Execnttve, and
Palmer D. f^anington, GOP nom­inee
for. Presldinc Supervisor, will
be tiie gnest speakeis at tbe Begu-btr
Freeport Bepabllesn Clnb meet­ing
to be held »l Uie Elk's Club
on Tuesday, June 27.
Special Happy
Birthday Party
John Mertz, owner of the Mertz
Guest Homes, and the management
of Viebroclc's Restaurant announced
that Miss Addie Shibla, B2 Randall
Ave, was selected as the special
Senior Citizen "Birthday Guest"
and was hosted with her piest by
Mr. Mertz and Viebrocli's at a spe­cial
luncheon party held at Vie­broclc's
Restaurant at 40 South
Main St., Pi-eeport.
Henry C. Brown
Named Assistant
Recreation Supt.
Henry C. Brown, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry A. Brown of 143 Dev-ries
Ave., North Tarrytown, N.Y„
Is serving in the position of Assist­ant
Superintendent of Recreation tn
the Village of Freeport. He was ap­pointed
in April 1961.
Henry attended North Tarry-town
High School Mid graduated
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Picture above show?. -I.M* Allshut, (center) feature writer, editor ania
columnist of NEW8DAY and Eddie VasU, (light) Editor and -
columnist of the FBEEFORT LEADER^ congmtolaUng beanUtnl;
BafJSra Ann Levey, a finalist In t h e Miss Universe Beanly ipagean|
recently held at G«y »-ombardo's F«st Point ttinse.., ..
BENRY C. BROWN
i n . 105S. While at Anstin Peay
State Teachers CoUege in Clarlis-viHe,
Tennessee, he won all-Con­ference
HmiOTS in Footliall and
was a member of the Track and
Basel»U Teams. He graduated
from Austin Peay In 19S8 with a'
BS Degree in Physical Education
and Recreation.
Following college he entered
the Armed Forces and was sta­tioned
at Fort Hood, Texas, where
he worked with Youth Activities
and also wasa lUDillary PoUee-man.
He was also on the Fort
Hood football team.
After the service lie worked
part time tor the Greenburge
Bccreation Commission in Green-borge,
Hew York. He also worked
as a snbstltnle teacher at Sleepy
HoHow Q g h Sehool in Tarrytown,
New York.
DRUG STORE NOTICE
Zipper^ Plumiiacy, SS So. Grove
St^ F^^eeport, will remain open late
imtii 10 i^jiii, this Sunday, ftmiB 3S.
AU oQier drug store membos of t he
EVeeport . ^ a z i i i a e r , ; Association
close a t Z pim. vuSmmjfm. Zipper's
Pbamiaey t ^ p b o n e nmnber Is
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MASSJ^II BAR ASSN»
Justice Marcus Christ Gives Oath
Of Office to Former President of
Nassau County Legal Aid Society
Charles P, Buckley, Jr., prominent attorney and a life-long native
of Baldwin, with offices in Preeport, was Installed as President of the
Nassau County Bar Association by Judge Marcus Christ of t h e Appellate
Division, 2nd Part, of the Supreme Court.
The affair was held on itonday, June 19, in the Nassau County
Bar Association Building in Mln- i .....--
eola. New Yorlt. A near-oapaclly I
attendance of Jurists, attorneys, po- , .?,
litlcal and business leaders attend­ed
the installation ceremonies.
The newly Installed officers of • t'*
the organization include Charles P. |
Buckley, Jr., of Preeport, President;
M. Budloph Preuss of Hempstead,
Pir.st "Vice-President; David R.
Siegel of Mlneola, 2nd Vice-Presi­dent;
Charles R. OarroH of Hlcks-vUle,
3rd Vice-President; Jcjihn R.
Dunne of Garden City, Treasurer
and WllUam B. Plus of RoclcvlUe
Centre, Secretary.
3It.^Buck]af h&s> been, .{ffacidclnit
law i n Preeport slnoB 1830. He setvea \
as 1st Vice-President of the Ba:
Association prior to his election B."> |
president. He Is also a former presl- i
dent of the Legal Aid Society ol
Nassau County.
(Continued on page 2) I ATTY. €. P. BUCKLEY, JR.
ARTHUR L HODGES SPEARS TO
REEPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Arthur L. Hodges, former editor of The Lender and president ol
the Nassau County Historical Society, addressed the new Preeport
Historical Society at a meeting held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock In
Doctors Hospital About 40 members and guests attended the meeting.
Mr. Hodges recalled the important role Preeport has played In
Nassau County since Its inception
in 1899. He polnled out that George
Wallace, a Preeport resident, In­troduced
the bill that created Nas­sau
County, that his son, Archer
B. Wallace suggested Nassau as the
name for the new County and that
three residents of Preeport have
served on the Board of Supervisors.
The three men were Smith Cox,
Hlam B. Smith and Robert G. An­derson.
Mr. Hodges also pointed out that
in addition to George Wallace an­other
FVeeport man, William O,
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Charlotte Tessier
To Be Honored at
Testimonial Dinner
Charlotte Tessier, president of
the Northwest Civic Association of
Freeport for three years, wUl be
honored at a Testimonial Dinner
to be lield at Coral House In Bald­win,
on Friday, June 30.
During her term of duty she has
been very active in all major pro­jects
of the Village of Preeport, es-
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FFD CHIEF MUSSO TRIBUTE TO O'ROURKE
HODGES ADDRESSES HISTORICAL SOCIETY
WELLER NAMED HOFSTRA ALUMNI PRES.
COW MEADOW COMMIHEE STARTS ACTION
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