The-Leader_1968-07-25

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"W PEN^THEROSEr
Blytht! Alexander of Frcoporl, spent the weekend of Juno 22 and 23
-in RochfStel', N.Y.,'as the guest of fhe Jackson Pcrkin.'j Rose Fisltlval.
Miss, A]»xandef^ who ha» just completed hex sophomoro year .
at Kof&ltB Xfhi'womly. xepitoented her college al the Bo» Fes-
..iiiral of the Queens Botanical Gordem in Flushing on Juna Sth
where sha was chosen "Queen of the Hoses" In competition with .
girls ifom other colleges on Long Island. DecWon of the Judaea r
was basad on beauty, intelligence and chaym, , ''
Jn her Prrahman year Blylha was one of fourteen co«eda selected
JOT ike Daisy Chain as pari of the Spring Day parade and festivities.
A member of Alpha Thela Beta sorority. Blythe has "been on tho
twirling sqund of the University for two year.! and was. thl.<! year,
elected to the Student Seriate and appointpd Campus Hintwlan.
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, .Ernie Swanson, long-time Wree-
! porter, presents the Las Vegas and
Miami Beach Star, AnneXeone, at
his exotic Outrigger Reataufant,
located in the Freeport Motor Jnn,
44.5 South IWoin St, Freeport.
^ Jerry Bianco, former yachtsman i
^and nile-club Impreissario, is the
general, manager .of; the popular
I Outrigger, South Sea Island, ren­dezvous.
Televislun, radio and nlte-elub
Htar, Buzaie Moore, headlines the
entertainment program at the
Outrigger.
ANN LEONE
50th Anniversary
Mr. & Mrs. Hughes
Mr. and Mrs. John^^Jt Hugto,
t 118 Wesit Seaman Avenue, ceie-
' bra ted their 50th wedding anni-
'• verijary on June 29' with a Masis
; of Thanisgiving offered by the
, Kt, Bev. Monsg. Eugene Cra»^-
' ford at our Iloly Redeemer Ro­man,
Catholic Church.
After the conclusions of the
Mass, Monsg. Crawford descend;
cd the altar' and gave.his per­sonal
blessing to Mr, and Mrs.
Hughes. They wew later enter-talncdi
at' a luncfieon at the
Yankee Clipper..'
Mr. -and Mrs. Hughes were
married by the groom's brother,
Rev. Eugene V, Hughes at St.
MaryV Church, Bristol, R.I„ on
June 29, 1018. ' •
Mr. Hughes is a retired eiji^
ployee of the 0ept. of Hospitals,
City of Hew York after serving
33 years as Senior Station En­gineer,
They have.been residents
, ol Freeport for 45 years.
Bethel A.M.E.
Churcli Welcpmes
New I'astor
A welcome' program and sup­per
honoring Hev. and Mrs. S,
Frank Emmanuel and their fam­ily
to the: Church and Community
of Freeport, was given by the
members : of ' Bethel- AJM.E.
Church. •
Among the invited guests -were
Hon. Robert J. Sweeney, Mayor
of Freeport and" Rev. E. M. Mai-iette,
Pastor of Greater Second
Baptist Church. Remarks were
given by Officjjrs of t h | various
departments of the Church with
the closing addr&ss from Rev. 'W,'
H, Muldro^w, Presiding Elder of
the District.
' BIcsdames Helen Allen, Daisy
Williams an,d Mr. Marshall Riv­ers
were the solo&ts for the-oc-cailon.
Mr. Cyril Liiuard, organ­ist,
at thf cons(51e, Mr.. Stanley
Chambei's, Master of Ceremonies.
Gifts and. flowers were pre^
sented to the Pastor and his wife
after which' they responded most
warmingly. A supper was serveil
in the dining iiall of the Church.
Mr. Juiiiua U. LuiutiM. LXCLUUVC ijl<i.i.ti.)l lU 'iiu ...I^L[,I^K LI.UIIU||II>.' CppUkkiitlUj CuUiiCil, !>LI:-
ond from-left, embraces Mr. William Glacken, chairman of tlic Martin Luther King, Jr., Inter-Faith
Foundation of Froeport, in appreciation for $15,000,00 donation presented him at a luncheon', today
held by the local Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Huby Lawrence, employment cordjnator of the local
EOC holds the life saving donation which will enable the anti-poverty agency to continue helping
the poor'in that urea. Looking on, light, is moviestar Don Dailey who attended the fete while visit­ing
his old neighborhood In Baldwin where he was bom. ••
Mr- Europe who ^as emotionally moved by tlu- presentation, had been faced with the dLiqon-tlnuance-
of a large number of key services required by the arca'.s poor clTectlve August 1, 1068 fol­lowing
the; recent cutback-in Federal Fund.s.
The money was rabed by the Martin Luther King, Jr.. Inter-Fuilh Foundation of Freeport from
pj-iynte and civic and':relig!ous,donations over the past month. ' ,
In pVesenting the check to Mr. Europe, Mr. Glacken .said he hoped this would, in soma way,
reflecjt the people's gratitude for the wonderful work the local EOC Kud accompH»hod-in-helping the
town's impoverished, residents. ^ -• - <" - - " '
Postmaster Mar^all
Announced New
Saturday Houni . k:
.Postmaster Ralph L. Marshall
of .freeport announced that Post-master
General W; Marvm ^ a t -
son moved to comply .with- the-employment
cutback required by
Congress under the recently en­acted
tax bill (Public Law 80-384)
.by ordering some postal services
and hiring curtailed.
Effective Saturday, July 27, <ind
all subsequent Saturdays, Parcel.
Post, Stamp and Registty Win-1
dow Services will be discontlned,
at tlie Freeport Post Oflfe, jHOw-'
ever, Gentjral Delivery or Call
Window will be opened between
the hoiirs of 8 a,ni. to 10 n.m.
to deliver mail .regularly ad-;
diessed to-General; Delivery Pa­trons
and to liahd': *ut mail )to
business; firins whose, mail ,Ui
/cguhu-iy handled in this man­ner.
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Have You Seen
This Side? • . .
By JAMES- E, MILLER . M _
During the past three weeks you have been invited, to share witb
me information revealing to many Freeportors, for thc'Brst time, out­standing
workb und achiovcmenlii of "black" men. Achievements that
we are exposed to, in some form, daily,
This week I recall .some of the r/>ntributions of one of the grciitest
men America has given claim to; ", '
—Frederick Douglass
While a slave boyyJn Baltimore,
Douglass learned to read and
v/rite despite his maiile»T9' vigil­ance
and the la^vs making it a
crime for jdavcs to learn to rcyd
and write. When a slavebreaker
tried to whip him into submla-
.•iioii, Dougla.4S, tjjen a teenager,
fought his mastcr^'meUJ, won and
ran away. After his escape from
Maryland, he lectured lor the an-tlslnvery
cause and published tba
jilory of his life, • '. ^
In the 1840's Douglas tuiiired
Europe to rai&e funds and mtikc ^,
friends for the .abolitionist cau^6.
He also spoke out for.Irish free­dom
world pcmca, and politicivl
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