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26th Year, No. 34 FREEPORT, N . Y ^ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1961 •• PRICE F ^ & C B M T S P l B C O R l f
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' -JUDGE KELLY ' , JUDGE ,WJDLITZ
Judge Paul J« Widliti
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^ixS^h l?a!il'X. \Vidlite'-aSt a jurisVaud.fjii a ' m a n of the com­munity
O'Vejr sJDCc lie firat douiied the-robes"'as "q-BistHct-
CourfJudge, iijany yenrs ago, . , . , - . , , ,.
; His'reputation-was further increased when he was ele­vated
,to County Court Judge. - , -
I The^i the. people of Nassau, Suffolk and Queehs
Counties expressed their highest respect for Judge Paul J.
Ayidlitz by recently electing h im to the State Supreme Cour.t.
i During the past few months we've had the opportunity
a | d the pi^vilegesiofknpwing Judge Widliti and ;hp; charmf
iifg #if^ peraoiiailyr'We've found l o t h " to b e w a r m ; friendly
S i d understanclinfc / ' ; : ...
I -Judge PaiiL 3Vidlitz i s ,a loving husband-liiid- family
ntan-rra mgH-deypled; to his religion and to hnmjinityi .. .
| - We recerilly heard h im speak on "The PhifosbiifiF anW
P|yehblogy of a Judge" when he w a i the prinalpal guest at
a|meetlng of the Men's Clubjof Congregation B'nai Israel.
Every one iJf t h e lOOlpWipIe present nreaMzed the deplli.
tl»e compassion, t h e feUng,lihejinde3Cstav?lng and t h e wis-jone, aiia-a» TOP, rep^t, T«V t^ent,
dom df this truly great iman a^^^ ., """ ' • • - - -^-^
|?"5udge-Paul J. Widiitz i s a b i g m a n in. every way. Nature
Jjlessed | i im w i t h a respect-commanding physique. She also
Messed hiiri w|tl£^a:grearblain and a heart to match.
. J! Judge Paitil JJVWidiitz %|I1 serve mankind as a n out­standing
J u r i s t on the Bench of the New York State Supreme
Cburt;- , -',.;.•
I W4;the;pebple, a r e v e r y . f o c t u n a t e i n having a m a n of
t i e WliBre^frPaiil J. TOdlitz serve us as, a-judge of o u r
.•{ifghest'-COUrfi' •'.:'''^" ^' ••• ..:•;_..
"i- Otir other Judge iiamed " P a u l " is also a man of great^
steture. He i s the I j o n . Paul Kelly, veteran Police Justice
"ol^lFreep6p.':'";';'";i f^•;;/:'^"^^ ' | ;-;- -;^;;s:v-••-,:,;-%•
f Judge Eieliy was fetined' to b e a niaii of service to I he
community even from birth. Hi.s e n t i r e family, headed by
beloved John "Pop'' KoUy, and including the Kelly sons .the
lale Col, Thomas V. Kelly, Peter J. Kelly and Judge Paul
Kelly have served the community during their entire life­times,
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Religion, creed, color and titles meant nothing to " P op
Kelly"'of Freeport.'He helped theiii all in .tihie of need.
His friends were legion and h i s deeds became jiegendarj'.
John Kelly raised his sons to follow his philosophy a nd
to be friends of mankind. They were loyal to his. teacli-ings
an<l went forth to becoiiie great men in their respective
field's.
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FREEPORT H
R[D DEVILS
F MS farsity iiiotiilll:^
Players Civen Awiill
Ca+l^o Appointed
To PL Cc^mmission
Salvatore F. Oa-taWo, a local busl-nessman^
was appointed a.member
the* Preppiort Baft Cbmmteston
oa Monday, Dec. 4. He suooeeds Mr.
IanWura»y.
Mr. OaltoWft Is a n a ^ e Preeport-
;crj rattd ima fteen a«ta^e In many
civic and ciiiari table affblr^ In the
village.
Elks Audiflbn for
Girl Crazy Dec. 12
"By GEOBGE BEtlNfirr SMITH
9,^ngcal e^hofiis Him iibout' ex-
^enpisiag,., yj^^^-,tff)fvts: z-isbQnt^Jor.
otherwise ia'artistio expression?
You cduld'bo the one 'we are seek­ing!
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The Pree'port Lodge of EUta, ,ta
Jteeping with the popular traditions
ot'<"Kiss Me Kate" and "Guysi &
Dolls," will offer "Girl Crazy" for
their," 62 .sectacular. This produc­tion,
Uke former presentations, wlU
be piofesslonaHjr staged,:costumed,
etc:' aiid is directed "% lincent
Querela. ^ :- ,/.- ,' ~
Por the cast, the Elk^yM tap the
naUmttaJ-resources j>t'"iWiSHf'flittifc
bere t»n LOTB Island,- -iserhaps y<ra
^jpay fee chosen. TVFTWJW :*6^ »U
parts wffllie held at the Kreeport
» a ^ ; o f ISlks, m W. Mentek Bd.,
peeporti onTRies., Dec. 12 at 6 PM.
•TiiaamiaMonsitoe open to eVBry-wUI
hi selected. Also neede.! are tHi
stage iunds, prop ih^Q, and a]}'other
ln>l»ortant"woHcers wltfiout whom,
no show cottid ever be produced.
Come,to the BJUts Lodge on Deo.
12 for this castn«. You may be
chosen for one of the leads, how­ever,
*In any event, yojill have a
Ball.
MEMmtjiAGA'miaM WLL ASHLEY
ttm Ea^eS'&; Boosters''Club of Freeport honored the "Bed Devils*
ot 19fit" ai tfe huge land trftdltloaal Annual PootbaM Awards Dinner
last ntfht. Wed., Dec. «, at ta»e Preeport Elks Club Restaurant.
-, The-Varslty.players of the l^eeport High School Pootball Team were'
t f e reciiilents of the 34 PH8 FootbaU Jackets and the^20 beautiful
tri^Hfes awarded.
The : 1861 Red Devils ooinplfted
aticither aiiceesslial season by becom-ij
«, oo-chatoplons of South Shore
Section'l.Ttoiousrhout the season,
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various PHS grid players emerged
as staw In both offense and de-
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VIUAGE PARTYJiOMORS
TRED^Etl H. JiOPKIN
heFaivre AM Norfli
A^eiid Mtliiic Gonfeiince
,Mlsa RlMa I ^ l ^ , ' cDialnnaii of
t&'miawln s^iflols' music dept,
andiOehe NocUi, oo^lnaBoi: of ta-sttiinBiital
music Instnnstinn iter the
Bchotttei, "atteaaed the 3Wh"Aimwal
:d6nfeirraice of tfce WeW Yoric State
School Music Assb. hi Buffalo.
DRUG STORE NOTICE
. Friedman's rbarmacy, 75 West
8nnrj!|«..Hwy„ .Frcepwt, wip remain
open laie, until 10 pjn. this Sunday,
Dee. 10. AU other drag stores which
are members of the Freeport Phar-
Kiitey 'Association close at Z'pM. i>a
SMOnys. The FMedman.Pharmacy
teitj^oai nwnber Is FB S-^U-l
i f AttenclliEe"' Pays^" Nfflm||e'
To Community Leiaer Safi Dec. 2
A record attradaiKse was reported at the huge ttstlinoaJal dteneri
sponsored by tlie ¥lIlaBe Party of Weeport in honor of l^edweU K,
Hopkins at fl»e Sunrise Masonic Temple on Dec. 2. '
Mr, Hopkins, wfto is called "Bud" by his friends and associates^
is the President «f the VUlage' Party wlilcH won the .teat. :^eepor|;'
election by winning with. BeibcSt J . '"
0weemy asMajwr and Henry Al-tengarten
and Prank Sonjers ab
Twi^Jtees. i * r . ' H ! ^ ? ^ was ione of
the ciaitii^; members of the Vil­lage
Party a«d fou^t hard torough
two campaigns to final irtotory.
He lias also served as president of
the-Atlantic Sbuth Civic Asso. and
is now a vice-president of the Prec-port
ITnll-ad Fund.
Manual Messtag, Village Party of- ; i ^ ,_'•.
ffclal and. general chairman of tne> \,fK\^:,'
affair, presented. TredweU H. Hop- •-'•-^' •
kins with a" life-sized "portrait of
himself by Oscar's Studio.' Other
committee members included Sal
Catialdo, Warren Schubert, Robert
(Continued On page 10) TBEDWELL'IL HOPKINS
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