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2«tlhi Year. No. 48 FREEPORT. N. Y., THUHSDAY. MARCH 26. 1964 «^^< s> PRICE: FIVE CENTS PER COPY
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CAPACITY ATTENDANCE
GREETS JOHN J. BUI
AT rRcEPyRT
EASTER PASSOYIR two great d.iys in t%vo great
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respect is truly .a sincere one. •
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religious faith, a!l"greetings are lost il said merely with tlie lips
und not with the heart.
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yours the best in health and linppiness.
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A capacity attendance of approKlmatqly 400 ptiithusin.«?tie mem­bers
of the Freeport Republlenn CJub nntl *Repnbli«m Rccruiis
heard John J. Burns, the principnl speaker and GOP C«iiniy standind
bearer, launch t!\o 1964 cfunpaign.
Mr. Burns, a former Precporior and a veteran in public Kervico.
i.s seeking the office of County iKOCUtivc of Nassau. A! present lie
serves as Con\mtssioncr of Local Governnwnt for the Stiilf of New
Yorlt.
Peter C, Kelly, itepubJicon Lender of Frcepurt, greeted Hie
liundredu in ottoiidnncc and inli-oducod Mr. Burns who personally
greeted every person at the meelinB liokl on 'I'liesdny night at the
Elks Club, * •
In his slwrt speech, Mr. Kelly stated "Tlic Ropulilnan Club
with its stalwart members of many ye;u%s, survutf ns the "OOP Ship
{if State' and the Froeport Republican Recruits servo as llie energetic
ctrive which will insure the continuiuiee of good fiovernment," He
also said thut Ihis cmnbinntion of the veteran Republican guidance,
coupled with tlic "new look" and polilienl energy imd ptitcntiul of
the younger members ol the Froeport GOP Club winkei; a eoinbi-notion
which serves nil categories and all ages.
Public Relations Manager for Commissioner John J. Bvirns.
I'nott* r>y uscar's titudio
Bill Bryck & Tina Barasch
Barasch's Youth Center, located at 61. South Main St., Free-port,
at the corner of Newton Blvd., is otetsrving .jt5 fi2nd year of
continuing operation under one family management.
• 1 TlJis high calibre business establishment is one of the pioneers
in Fpeeport's shopping history. It enjoys a wide renutation and has
served custonoB^ from this entire
section "*. tb» s«>iiti^' «5*"ire for
jjiiwa IteB-B-lialf «entttty- .fp
Baiasdi's is trply a department
store for file jrounger, younger set
ranging iif ages from infancy to
14 years. 13iey have been honored
by being named the official Frec-
(Contlnucd on page 16)
B NAI B RITH DONATES
BOOK SET TO LIBRARV
Henry J. Watts
Named CD-Chief
, Appointment ol Henry J. Watts
m Frecporl Civil Delcrtso. 0iroe-tor
has been announced by Mayor
Sweeney. A (orroer .captain of
Ho.5e Company 4,. Mr, • Watta is
financial secretary of the local Ex­empt
Firemen's Benevolent A-wo-oiatlon
and a menhber of many
other volunteer firemen's organ-izations,....
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During' World War 11 Mr. Watts
was active in Civil Defense, Ho
.•served ,in the Navy from 1842 to
1946, mostly with Carper Aircraft
Service 23 of the Eighth Fleet. A
native of Brooklyn, - he 'moved to
Ozone Park during his boyhood,
residing there until he and, his
family came to Frecporl Jn 1950.
Mr. Walts lives with his wife and
one of his sons, Rodney, at 183
South .Brookside Ave. Another
son, Roger is in ihe Navy, j
DRUG STORE NOTICE
' Zipper's Pltannacy, IS Soutti
Grieve St., Freepoirt, will lemaiii
open ItOe until 10 p.m., Ihia Sun­day,
Mm. 29. |lll Olhi? drug store
membBrs of the Freeport Phar'
macy Aisociation close al 2 |i.Rt.
on Sundays. Zipper's Pharmaey
letoldioae. jjumbet* l« PB #»344B.
The AnM-Dofamalion League ol Justice Lodge and Chapter,
B'aal B'rith, Froeport, L..L presented lo Iho Frooport Memorial
Library a coUeelion of books on hiiman relations in memory ol
John F, Kennedy. The collecllon .will bo onlorgod annually, end
a spscial book plate dotignod by Norman Bavilz oT Justice Lodfla
will be Inwrlod in each book. The book plate will also bo used
BE the cover for a bibliography bf all books on humsn'rolattons
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HOWARD F. MUNRO;
NOTED PHYSICIAN DIES
Dr. Howard F. Munro, a general proctloner in Precpoft for 23
years.was buried Monday in Arlington Cemetery, Philadelphia.
. The Rev. Hdward Couch, pastor of the Frceport Presbyterian
Church, conducted services at 8 P.M^ Sunday night in the! Chester
A. Pulton and Son Funeral Home, Freeport.
Dr. Munro, 57, died Thursday in
the South Nassau Communities
Hospital, Occahside. He Mvcd and
maintained his ottice at 212 So.
Ocean Avenue.
,. He -was J)oi;n In Philadelphia wd
was a graduate, of the Ualveraity
of Pennsylvawia ColicBe i«nd Mi«li-"
cal, School, He interned at Phila­delphia
General HiM«»ltal. •
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