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29th Year, No. 33 FHEEPOHT, N. Y.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1964 •<©»•• PfllCErFIVE CENTS PER COPY
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;NEWS-&VIEWS
BY
EDDIE VASIL
^' . N. Y, Newspaper Reporters Asso,
I^. -. National Presa Syndumte
THE SONG IS OVER . . . For a "Man of Music"—FBEDDIE
STEmBOETZ . . , Not only Freeport, the World oi Music but also
hiuukeds and hundreds of men and women of all agu will miss
iim senial and friendl^r man
. Legions of Freeport High
School itudents and gradu­ates
will always lemembar
the understanding and tal­ented
FRED STEINMETZ
who spoke their language
and guided them In their
musical careers . . . FHED-EHICK
L. STEIKMETZ, died
December S, 19S4. Services
Vrere held at the CHESTER
A. FOLTON FUNERAl.
HOME , with Bev. Chester
.I^odgsonoffiotatlng . \,, Fred
frisnds, and music, He.eame'
to Freeport in the 1930's and
gave private lessons while
alsa acting as assistant to
JDR, J. MAYNARD WETT-LAUFEB,
director of music
' in the Freeport schools^'. . <
Mr. Steinmetx took over the
Jumor Band in Memorial Day parades and was the assistant
conductor of the Adult Community Orchestt!i for many years.
Ho had also served as president , . . H e was a member of the
Nastau Music Educators' Assn. for'many years and was active
in clinics Of the N. Y. Stale School Music Association (NYSSMA).
For several years he conducted fte summer btad . . . Ten years
ago Fred Sleinmetz started his music store and school oh North
Main Street in Freeport and then opened larf er studios on South
Grove S t , , , . Other Sleinmetz credits include being Asst. Con­ductor
of the N.Y.C. Police Band and Conductor of the Queens
Symphonic Orchestra . . . He studied clarinet under the noted
Guslave LaagenuB and Adolf,Schmidt . , . FBEDDIE STEIN-METZ
is gone but we will always remember him every time
we hear one note of music , . . He was a good mani
rnroJ ai-£:iNM£TZ
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE
FREEPORT POLICE DEPT.
Freeport Village was incorporated jn 1892, with a population
i)f i,82l. The first Village President was fjarman Cornelius. The
Police Department was established the same year, with one (I)
Policeman caUcd "Village Officer."
-There were four applicants for this position. The Village Board
appointed John J. Dunbar, as Freeport's flrsl Police OJIicer, He
(Continued on page 4)
CHRISTMASNOTICE
TO ALL BUSINESSMEN
Christ mm Grceltngs and Happy Nett) Year adver-themmits
are mm ieing accepteil. g
' Extend Holiday Greetings to your, Friends and
Patrons with your memtge in THE FREEPOKT
LEdDSR. Sizes to fit your budget. ,_
John B. Mack To
Address Chamber
John B. Mack, chaizmati of
the Freeport Housing Authority,
wm be the guest speaker at the
Chamber of Commerce lundieon
meeHng to be held Thuts^ Dec.
10, I2$30 p.m. at TaxulU's reslau<
rani.S2 North Main St., Freeport.
Mr. Mack will explain the de­tails
of Freeporf s various hous­ing
^ojecls. A ijuesiion and an­swer
period will follow.
SALVATION ARMY BUYS
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
rKvrtKI I IN rKtcrllKI
Henry Altengarten
To Address North
East Civic Assn.
The Pi'ceport Northeast Civic
Assn. will hold its monthly meet­ing
December 11, at B:15 p.m. in
the Columbus Ave, School Audi­torium.
Village Trustee Henry M.
AltenBartcn is to be the
guest speaker. He will dis­cuss
police rnRttcTS," pertainiajf
to'the- Ndrtheast ' a r e r tmdHis' "the
village as a whole. He-'WUVeoi.
port on .the planned expansion ot
the police force and other nvot-ters
which may be of interest to
the audience.
/ ^
Freeport Democrats To
Hear Roy Gockley On
Conununlty Devdopment
Roy Gockley, president of the
Freeport Community Develop­ment
Project, willfce guest speak­er
at an open meeting of the
Freeport Democratic Ciub this
Thursday, Dec. 10, at 9 p.m_ at
olub headquarters, 3 Little Pine
SL, president Gene Chao an­nounced.
Mr. Gockley wiU review the
background of this study project,
Hs present status and future plans.
Since the project is of such vital
importance to everyone in the,
village, aU interested persons, are
invited to meeting, whether mem­bers
of the club ou? not I
Club business meeting will be'
short, presenting only the report,
of the nooilnatinff conimiltee, the
president stated, A collation will
be served,
Pictured at the avsbt are (left to right): Captain Robert WiUliuns
of th» Freeport SalvatlOR Army," JwlWa BIrgtoihal,' attorniy'lbif
' • ••*Ii» S«lv*IJow*ra«|f.-*l«|or;SehwiUi* ot-thm-Hmw' York B»i*aHpn •
Army headlMMtera, Kenneth Vought. ailornoy for the First
Presbyterian Church. Everett Kuniraann, Finnnca Committee
choizinan of the Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. A. Edward
Couch, Pastor of the Church. (Plioto by Osoni-'s Studio)
Officials representing the First Pi-oabyteriun Chureli of Free-port
and the Salvation Army recently completed n hlstoiy-making
Ironsactlon. The properly of the First Presbyterian Church located
on Church Street was sold to the local corps of the Snlvntion Army,
First Presbyterian Church is
currently completing a now
building program at the comer
of South Ocean Avenue and
Smith Sti'COt. It is OKponlcd Hint
the congregation will move Into
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MRS. BILL MINNICK HONORED
OK 40TH RN ANHIVERSARY
Nlckelsberg Appointed
On Houstag Awlhority
Asher Nickelsberg of. 282 West
Lena Ave,, a. bqilder, was ap­pointed
on the Freeport Housing
Authority... by. ithe-ViUsfieBflari
•Monday night, emfecUve. Dec. I,
He succeeds Robert Baynor
whose tea'm expired that day;
DRUG STORE KOnCE
Behnhard's Pltafinwry, 54 W,
Mlexiick' Bd,, Fk|»eport.^ will- ie>
main ope nlote. vnM U p^tw
SuBday, Dae, 10. Ml <#ier drug
stores who are iseaa!>««. ol Iba
Freeport Phannaey A»ociadioit
close at 2 p-Rt. OS Susdaiy. Bern?
hard's ti»lq>hooe i* FR. S-OOOI.
Pictured above (left to right) are James J. Ryan, Administrator
ol Doctors Hospital! Edward A. Vasll, columnisl and Managing
Editor of THE LEADER; Mrs, William J. Minnick. Director of
—Nnrsett Dr.AntonNotey, Executive Director of Doctors Hospital
and WiUlam 3. Minnick^ The photo shows Dr. Notey presenilng
the DURYEA ORCHID to Mrs. Minnick for her 40 ye.«» of
service as a registered nurse. The DURYEA ORCHID is awarded
. each we.ek by Ed VasU and Ly^an Dury«B as a lleral token of
commondable service In the community. (Photo by Bagatolle)
For her 40 years of dqvotion to nursing, Mrs, Lolila Minnick
was honored at a December 2 dinner in Carl Hoppl's, Baldwin.
Mrs. Minnick is nursing supervisor at Doctore Hospital, 320
W. Merrick Road, Freeport, She has been with the hospital: since
it opened almost ten years ago. ,
In recognition of her service, """""""""" ' ' ——~
;tbe, board of directors of ihe hos- P^- Anton Nolcy of Memck, cxe-pitjU
presented her wiWi a watch,! , {Continued on pagd 8).
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