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mmA Year, No. 40 FREEPORT, N. Y., THURSDAY. JANUARY 25. ISSB PRXCEt FIV£ CENTS PER COPY
A Few Words
bout Vasil
. .;. By THOMAS F. McMAHON
Since I've been a dose confldfinte of Eddie'Vasil for many years,
and since we've put many issues of THE LEADER "to bed" together,
1 thought it would be quite appropos that I turn the tables on this
moft who has written hundreds of tliousands of words about people
and places; and "News Behind the News,',' and give you this capsule
of:the highliEhts of Eddie Vasil, "Tlie Newspaperman's Newspaper-mon,"
' Actually, storios by Ed Vasil havo appeared in print for 35
years. His first by-lino column was prinled in the WEBSTER (Mass.)
TIMJES in 1932. Since then his aTticlPn -".' <«-.*,...,; i.^,— u^^ „„],.
lished'coBsl-to-eoast and as -syn-dic^
led feaiuzcs in hundreds, of
' newtpapelcs. They'have appeared
in such publications as the TELE-GHAM
GAZETTE (Worcester,
Mass.)'^SPEmCFIELD BEPUB-WCks.
BOSTON GLOBE. HUT-
.* tAMD TIMES. 'MEW YORK
feSfilNTy "(Co^uiT -„
SSiVEH,' PUTNAM PATBIOT,
ROOSEVELT PRESS, L, I.
GBAPMI0, NASSAU' HEPORT-EH,
SOUTH SHORE HEPOHT-BB.
NASSAU ' REVIEW-STAH,
DAILY MIRHOW, NEW YORK
.., HEHAtnATHIBONE, TEXAS
STAB. tsENVER POST, LOS
•ANGELES EXAMINER, olc.
• His poem on Col. Charles Lind-borg
won: him the Lawrence
Daley 'Jdiirnalistic Scholarship
. Award to Northeastern Univer
'"sity,Uurihff World War II he sen-ed in the Nnvy He wds Public
•Helationa Officer for the Sea Bees and later berved os PIO for the
• Naval. Special Devices Center and for the Chemical Corjis.
'•>- '-Eddie Yasil speaks 5 languages and has been a featured ira^lo
V headahe* and news commentator on WGB3, WEIT, ,WPRO, WTAG,
WORC. WKBE snd the YANKEE NETWORK and CBS. His wire
- 'serviies'include United Press Inlcrnalioncl, Standard Hews Service.
- iisEociaiea-Press and National Press Syndicate. He is a 30-ycar mem-
• beir el Ihe New York Press Club; New-York Newspaper Reporters'
'--• AsiaeSafion. National Editorial Association and Sigma Delia Chi. the
* NBtioaaJ'Professional. Journalistic Society.
,. In! 1946, he end florist LYMAN "Lura" DURYITA teamed.to-
-igether to'create the now famous DURYEA ORCHID AWARD which
'is''presented as a floral tribute of public appreciatibi> of commend-aWe
service in the community. Since then they have presented more
; -than" 2,S0O-beautiful orchid forsages to worthy recipients.'
In public rclelions, £^ Vasil has represented such, personalities
and e>ntefprises as Guy Lombardo. Joan Caulfield, Alan' Lad. Gov.
BonaWHeagan. Paramount Studios. Warner Bros,, Century Theatres,
Gyrodeiie Corp., Roosevelt and Now Yoriter Hotels. Virginia Mayo
and Michael O'Shea, Princess Ming Chu, Bay Scouls, numerous radio
stations. Hearf Fund. Rod Cross. Cancer Campaign, etc.
• Eddlft Vasil, long-time Managing Editor of THE LEADER and
•widely-read columnist, con.'casily be considered the "Dean of the
Fourth Estate" in this area,' Printer's. Ink instead of blood runs
• Iheough his veins. His only love is journalisni and iiia typewriter Is
, both his vqcatiun and avocation. , - , .
I join with his many friends, coUeagoies and xeadcn in con-gra&
lallng Eddie VasfTon his 35th year as-a working-al.around
nswipapemtan. •/
FREEPORT GOP CHIEFS
NAME BEH CIARAVINO
Village Party
To Hold Party
Perry Fischer and Evelyn
Kicly, Vice President and Seer
tary of the Village Part;
nounccd that a Cocktail
will be held at the Masonic
Sunday, February 18, from,4
to-ll p.m.
Tickets are limited and will.be
sold on a first come basis. They
urge you to secure your tickets
at once.- ' '. :,
Refreshments"' will- be served,
many door pruKS.' - • '
EDWABD A. VASIL
Final Registration
Set For Freeport
Little League
The final registration- for par­ticipation
in - Freeport - .Little
League baseball for the 1968 sea­son
will talxc place on Saturday,,
^^an; 27 from B B.m. until 12 noon'
at both tlie Leo Giblyn and
Columbus Avenue schools.
Participation in Freeport Lit­tle
League ia open to any Free-port,
boy between the ages of 8
and 15, or for boys who wiU be
8 years of age before August 1„
1968.
BoyS' must!» acowpanied by. a
parent, or guardian, and must
show proof of age (birth ca;^-
cate only).
reepjji^iN^ttltbns To
By-ARTHUH M. WIENER
On Tuesday evening, Feb. 20,
Freeport Lions will be joined by
wives, friends and neighbors at
Roosevelt. Raceway's Cloud
Casino.
This is the only Spring event
held, by the Lions. Plea/se support
it. Proceeds have been earmark­ed
for "conservation of the blind."
Tickets are, available from El­liot
Samuelson at 72,South. Grove
Street, Freeport. Tickets include
admission to the Club House, en­trance
to the Cloud Casino and a
full course dinner.
Veteran Committeeinaii
And Hative Freeporter
S Wins Local Republican
Assembly Endorsenient i
; Jullu> Li^Mlrttt. Fxa«trarii Hsin>blieaa I^MdifK, «id J(itVA W.-VaU.
met. Execwtlvft.ConimitlMntBn<'; aaaounead &itt Ban'-CUmiiribnK V ^ . ^
Hill uii«nta^"«Mio««Mn«»t pl' Hw 'pownM- FicMqppxt ''6»gf^SBtt^^",' C6nuiiitt*^-fei'''tli« dbmiiuiAan w RepubUeaii'eu)il>dat9 to9r.i3iKM^'
. . . . . . . r^^/Att«Biblr Distiietat'a'.^f>«M.MM^ ^¥^ f^
iher *•»! confident that this Rreepotl RopubUcan
•ndomament wUl be the uUent feahu* wUch
will Bssuce ih nomination itst Bea Chunt¥in».aii>o»
Freeport is considered one of th« ittosi iictiT* «itd ' ,
ttoongest iighling GOP conununtiiet iU' the
CiaxBTino County.
Ben Ciaraviao It a?-local-boy who JIBS lived his lifetime In this
village. He Is a gxaduat* df frewport High Sfhool, Hofstra, Cornell
and Brooklyn Law School. '
Handsome and active Bea CiaravIno has becj^ very aelivo ia th«
communUy. Hls^many credits taclude Pest Exalted Hulor «f the EU"'
Past Commailder of the American Legion, Judge Advocate of lh»
Sons ot Italy, a member of the JCnights of Columbust etc, Hft has an
envlaWe record of service wHb the Navy and holds the rank ot
Commander. Ben la a prominent lawjvr with offices iw.Fregport.
Local Jewiy Honors
\ B'haf BVith Sets
•Leap Year Ball'.
Justice Lodge and Chapter,
B'nai B'rith wjl celebrate "Leap
Year 19BB" on Saturday, Feb. 3
at the Union Reform Jemple, No,
Biookside Ave., at '9 p.m..
Hor d'oeuversand a late-sup­per
will be served.
For information call Jan Tel-sey.
jFR 8-0563 pr Dolores Man-del,
MA 3-5068.' , ' . ..
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ORUG STORE NOTICE
Bemlisfda Phannacy ' ^ R
every Sunday 8 aum. io 3 Tfxa, FB
.8-Q008, FIl'8-0491'
FtlediQBn's .Phattaacfj opea
every Sunday 10 a.&u iff 2 ipflt-
FR 8«0001.
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Leo M. Biuestein and Julian J, Juster will be the guests of honor
at a brunch sponsored by the FreeporURoosevelt-Division-of,the
Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, Sunday, Jan. 28, 12:30 p.m„ at
ICongregation B'nsl Israel in Freeport. - , ^ ' • • „ ,
I'an.s for the community-wide brunch, in supporfof FederaUons
50lh annual fund-raising cam­paign,
were announced Jointly by
David Krieger and L. George
Welder, chairmen oi the division.
According to the chairmen: ''Aa
Federation celebrates its Golden
Anniversary, we 'gladly express
our warmest friendship, admira­tion
and respect to our guests of
honor who never sought but deep­ly
njerit our'recognition and gra­titude
for enriching our livcp by
their shining example."
FcderaUon is the nation's' lar­gest
group; of sectarian-sponsored
health, welfare and commuhity
flgf^ides, serving l,a50„000 New,
.Yorkers annually •without regard
to ,faith,. race or economic status.
Tl^ represents a 60 per_ cent
jn<;reas« in serviep in 'Uw, !«*
fivp years.
To enable its 1,30 member agen­cies
to meet the rppidly Increasing
demands' being' made upon tt»em, -
FcdeVaiioii is-seeking to raise a
rccofd $a7>OOP,00(l during its cur­rent
Golden Anniversary Cam­paign-
Julius Gerzoff .ia chairman et
the Executive Committee of the
Preeport-Hoosevelt Division. Tb^
associate chairmen are Herman
Rosenstein; Saniuel H. Borenklnd
and Dr, George Vogel
•Jack Aronson is chairman of
Mercbantji, -Iflie. BafabWcaJ- Ad­visor*
are Rabbis Eeubto M. Kat»
and Bernard Zlotowltz. • - ;, •
(Continued oil J?a8« |» •" /
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