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18th Year, No.-10 FBBEPORT, N. Y., THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1953 FIVE CENTS FEB OOPY
CHECK CLEARING BUREAU STARTS WORI
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'• * Gvcnes . piayetf-.-raurlng-'-th^-" lliit
•week ^ the second'Imlf of the Free-port;
lifMe. Ij«a.fi|Des and P<my peB,'
to to much keener ithaa It was dUT'
JUfe t t e l t e s l section. "Hiw* weie
Wo Me giuhies in the Aanertcon
JDeagtie «i4 «»ne In the-National,
'• Waai 'S^ltJi ^swwed an easy vlc-teiry
over -the Exchange Club, 7 to
U to itatotata its lead, but Uit Htird
place Botartans <iefeaited ^ e sec-
;Oiidl posiilon EObs, 14 -to O and play­ed
a 4 to 4 tie tdtih^he leaders, in-catiug.
ffley WHI make their pces-
.enoe fett dturliig tbe rest of'tihe ieo-
..soiuJaJOie other gaaae ptayed, tte
iPta^ «asJJy dl^wjsed of . « » tosrty
Wn^am^o,- 14 tijjO. Boger^tapttl,
iSflipJiTOihed for the wtnners aiJiow-
•jefi diiy i hit and contramted to
itiie wiimhig cause by gsttln? a
(iltigle, two doubles and a home run
in fJve trips to the pl&ie.
~^~'Only .CQie Bt>qte^w|is plfired/to Jcy
-iMaictusSon-In-Oie-^UulBncazt'' I<ea^e'
iffld the fourfSh-^lace" Federals de-
Xeated the ^eadow.Broolls, 10 to 6.
the 'Gjoap^'-Slfadiow Broots game
was poiStpooed bec^Mise of 'net
gmttnds, iiaie Pedei^ls and Kre^xwt
Bank met ^ » 6 to-6 f (aieota-tei 'and-the
»neepbrt;"'Banlc-Q.OiP. contest
al30 I'raiiited In. a draw, 3 to 3.
Theet emms will have to be made
up later. '' • .
Tihe Motors, who went ittewugh
the first half of laie P<my Iieagt^,
!oslz% oaly I game while winning
8, suffered t<he first shutout of tba
season, at the haods of ttie Seders
8 by a 7' to 0 sc<N«. Jon Nelson,
tiKirles' f«r Sanders,, attowed^^y 1
Mt and Jim BUrKoda helped bis
•.^CffUse eioing; ' wttih a grand-slasn
' hmm ni% AlisOf the first of the yter
in the ftnuUi inning. " - • - ^-
Melvin Fowler's grrand-fcljwnmer
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<*ost Office Closed
For Fourth Saturday.
IBrs. Mary E .Bannon, 3Pre^)ort
postatnaster, announced ' this we^
that then will toe so wladoitir oenlce
atjUiftJTwport Post Office on Sat-tirdi^,.
July. 4, nor wUl Itiene be' any
delivery i^ caxriem, Ru? iJio-oon-
Venience of box holders the lobby
Will be open from 9 AM. to 1 PM.
and special delivery mall wUl be
delivered as received.
Charles 4 P. Smith,
BrominentYachtsman
Power Squadron Leader
Honored hy Members
For Service to Group
The Rev. A. Gordon MaoRtiry,
pa«tor of the First Presbyterian
Chwroh,, conducted funeral services
In the -Clhester A. Pulton & Son's
parlors, 49 -West Merrlclr road, Sat­urday
afternoon for Charles A. P,
Swiith, one of the best known yateh-men-
lii this area, who died- to hli
home, 240 Wtest Mirrlck toad, Tues­day,
June. 23, ^fter an Illness of
two months. Burl'iil was In Green­field
Cemeteij',' HcmiKtead.
Mr, ^nit)i ^wsiit^baTn In .Freeport
oa'..VcBi«t:aeo;,aVid Itved here "all ttl^
JUd. 'Hif •WpiS"'{J)''ilie "nl&ln"eenertT--
tion of "aock" 'Smltli wlio came to
America in I«40. In iwit^ both sideSc
of his family Iraced their imcwtiy
back to the Bock" Smiths. He wajs m
grBdiifl*^ pf Freeporl irish School
M«J was employed' In the engineer*
tag department of the arumman
Aircraft Co., of Bethpage, He joined
the' Tfuolf Co., of the Preeport Plre
XJepartineht about 43 3*ars ago.
Since boyhood, Mr. Smltji had
been Interested In boating. He was
famUlarly Itnown as "Cap" • Smith.
An early member of the Smith
Shore Power Squaidron, he had been
its treasurer IS years at his death.
Two years ago the squadron pre­sented
him a wrist watch In appre­ciation
of bis services to tJie organ­ization.
He wte- a charter member
of tlie Preeport Isracht Club an'd'*r-ved
ai its treasurer for more than
16 years.
Childten May Still .Register
For ParkBasketball Program
Opportunity is sfiH open to registoF for fh(* summer bas­ketball
pr«(»ram beiiifj spoTisQred by the'Munieipal Park Coin-mission,..
Praoois M. Reilly, .(Jiief ooach of Hofstra College, th?
director^ ann»unced todiay. Monday Tfuesday and Wednesday
of this week' Were announcpd as enrollnient daj-s but Mr. Beilly
explained children would be assigned to ibe age groups that are
to be formed for the various toMmameMifs as they registered.
\ Mr. BdBy fi !«• charge afc-the-new
Northeast Part where ttiere a*e
eiglit~6asltetbaU~eoiIttSr 'atid-Bm
Dodd, Colgate star, araistant direc­tor
,U at Randall PaTic wbicb has
five courts. Hours of registration at
•Qte Northeast Faric are from 8 AM.
to noon and 4 to 6:30 PM. while at
jfia&dall Ptak ttiey ate from 9 to 12
and tponi 1 to 5:30.
The p^n, according to Director
Beilly, Is to give every boy or girl
of S^eeiiort an cfpportunlty to leam
to play basketbaB tinder specialized
fiupervlfiloM. Entrants wUI be.classi­fied
into age and co-ondlnatton
groups'. mslracUon vfnioif jtW. to
.held sepaxa'teiy for ea<ai gixwp after
whicfh the cStlidren wlU play agaJast
tHTnUn-T ' groups. • Be advlsed taiait
every boy WMI girl who paittdjiates
in the jiro^asi must-wear eaeilsets.
Only Preeporters may enlist for the
.. .^VP^- ; .
When teapi play has been devel^
oped leagues will be formed withlit
eacb'eectlon imd regular 'schedules
of'games arranged.
iSaypr WlUlam )P. piaqSeit and
'David'K. I^adaue, chairman, of the
Pax;K Commission have announced
thait basketball is only the begin­ning
ea li» village Is entbaifclng on
a communlty-^de aU-year ixnin4
recreation progrqm in which, all
the village parki <»lll'*e'.«sed lOS
they.are convpleted. The Board d
Bducatlott is cQ-operaiting. a nd
special . tJanmBPtneaJB ihave been
zoade fbi' tiie ,ose of the lodooT fa*
cillti;^ is the 6<sboo] .wheia lOiey die
noppjesea^tiy/conimittl^ A fttil-tlme
director la to be named event-veeSly.
Town, County Fluids
For Inlet Project
wait Bids %0liing
Improvement Contral
To Be Awarded July 20
By U. S. Army Engineers
The County of Nassau and the
Town of ;-Hempste«d haye lieen
fighting for Jones Inlet too long to
let Any technicalities about "caSi
on hand" disrupt the project w5ilch
has been advertised by the ID, S.
Ariny l^iglpeers, on which bids were
received May SO'and coRtraets are
to be let July .20.
The -Town of Hempstead-, notified
that the State must have Hetnp-stead's
share of the jetty construe-
Uon In Albany'tiy July 1, has passed
a r^olutlon to sell $fl?a,000 In bond
anticipation notes immediately.
County EJsceutlve A. Holly Patter­son
qalled-a speblal taeeUng of the
Soard of SupeMrfeflUB'Monday morn­ing
'at which, ffie County appropri­ated.
$825,000- whlOh not -onlsri «>
eludes Its 4fiT8,000*'shafe, but.fhe
balance .neces.sary for the dredging
.which -will fallow the .constructloii
of- the one-half mile Jetty_oufc^frcgi.
XSokoUt. The jetty is necessarsf
cut off tile drift of saittffrom ggsi
to>west and to stab.tllee tiie inlet;
keeping it open to navli^tian.
New York State is,.piUtt)g up
$1,357,100 as .Its •aiar^ali th^M^-
•roofloa'amproveineiriibpai^jTO^^
Pederaf-."iov«rnmte|;!1sV'BSji#jM io
re-ehnburse State, "County and Town
govemraen-ts, : ''..
"We aren't going to-t&ke any
chances that the Jones Inlet jetty
won't be started immediately."
stated County acecuttve Patterson,
who Journeyed to" Washington many
times In the past few years, to fight
for It. "We have just been told that
our money must be put up before
the contract can be-awawled. It,will
bf." " ' , "\
Banks* New VenMire
eaaq
InFreeportB
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Ming The " f i r s t joiiit regional ('heok clearing house on wheelH in
the Hnitt'd States," sponsored by the Nassau County Clcarinij
Hnnse Aswciation, Jnc; bepto operatiug. Msfrnighi iii flie Wmn
Building at West Merrick road and South OcBan nvcnxH'. To
mark the event the assotiiatioii is to -give-a-Junyheonin (Siiy
Lombardo's Eaat Point House at noon today.
Through the BtreamH|Msi,,banWng
George R. Crater, Jr.,
Was CorpoJriiLtion Lawyer ^
Punera! services were conducted
at Woodiawn Cemetery in the
Bronx, Saturday for George B,
Crater, Jr„ 10 Star place, a noted
corporation lawyer, who died of a
heart attack/Wednesda}!, June 24
The Rev. Bobelrt H. ^ e r c e , assis­tant
rector of the TranstlBurotlon
ItoiSDOpal ChtA«li,.af|lc|ated.
^^•sarOratBr^lffajs Iboril in Denver,
Ool., 83 yeaisyiiibj'iHiFwas ihstru-nental
lii "bi^ni^^ing more than 600
failraads. iMiiks and other corpora-iferter,
who In t^e early IDOO's was
famous on the-sta^. He had lived in
#*eBport 16 yeara.
He organized the. first steamship
service in which all IJie.i. natloiiKi
and iiate banks and .tro5|~coinpaji-les
in.iMassa'a County-at* paitlBiiJat-
Ing all ohec^ u e ta be cleaned
owi-nlgiht J>y 48 esqsert etttployifS,
and lo^^wawled to tlKS.,VMtoM8..in­stitution^'
before they' <^ie6'"'f<jf WuSl- •
ness'the following morning. '
Oscar Oast^_ ch^tlrman of the
Clearing House Association 'and
president of Khe Bank of RockvUle
Centre Tnist Co., explained that
thte_l5_j>._ ploneertufe-opeiFatUm.
After the bauk9 close for the das,,
two truck&"ot the Armored Carrier
Corporation -ol ^Bayside, 'Queens,
•;^9^ jishc-,^ rgiHi)3.s.,:of the ._eo)Utt,ty...
picking-up .(^clta dx^raxv on oaier
batiks. They are conveyed to tiie
Freeport office, sorted 1^ the staff
of the Check Clearing Bureau as it
has been destgaated,. pJiotogranhed
oh Beoordal. e«uliHnen.t to pwvlde
and Al9Staif*tt,E2tOW and aas^tec!.;ln
laying •^the'*'legal'TgrWiiid .#6Hf JJOr
the Chinese Manchurian Bailway.
He was a captain In ttie Jfawy dur-tog
World War 1. He WHS a'lirack
eliot and expert oarsman. Mr. Cra^
ter is survived by a sister, BIrs. Fred
A. stone, wife* of the stage and
screen star now In retirement In
Hollywood, CflL . "
Mrs. Anna Simmons, 82,
Buried in Greenfield
- Ths Bev.'Beginara H. Scott, rec­tor
of the Transfiguration Episcopal
Church, conducted funeral services
4n the-Cheater-.&'Fultoi! & Son-Per-lors,
49"Wcst l^errlck road, Sunday
night, June 2l, foe Mrs, Anna S!in->
mens who'died'the previous Thuxsr.
day in her bOme, 2OT South Jjong
Beach avenue. Bu'rlal was in Green­field
Ceoietery, Hempstead.
'ism. SixtSimt^ was bom i s Fbll-adtilpUia,
f%., kovember'S, IS^O. Sbe
aii4 &!»' liiisband. Charles, weie res-tfmraateiu;!.
In Med^oint aad'CSplc-dafes
aMi«a «tieir MsfSaiient-12
years agoi' eune tq^JWeepSrt'to live.
Th^ had been ftairied'^ y&os. ~
_auciteto8,_..are;i\twa_IsM».iai^
dauihter by a itfeyioas mariitage,
Herbert aiid liiitosa iteeVeatfi of
Preeport, and Howai*d t^VeetHsl of
fildcsvffie, and iwo gmndcliUibieOi
isrs. Oertnide Ohland of Mmkk
and Kfoto Joan MacVesgb of
Hlcksvflle.
V.F:W.J iQiiia» C d l ^ o n •
Of Sq-ap Tins ttondb
Dpe M ok f list > igunday in July
fal]tog'V-'fhe"SiO)Mli' of;July-week­end,
Past Oftrnmauder Ik. B;: Soyi
Mohr IW^'irJ'i'Wy amoonoed JMi
•we* the mas^^ jkvef md ei^p
pick-up «*a]d tie baiiljted .ISils
mpntitvThe aaact «>IIeca«»j wta,!»
on Sim'dfty,'AiigHst'2,'".'••:•'' •:"-'':, .
fofflpMy opCTatlJ^ betweep^ ,Seatttejfe fU^ for pn!«&ttoii'Sg^« iToss,
and[,*etHrt»ed tai^:-^x^iMiif .,•;-
•''"''•OMy''Ey»l-«JJij(«S Handled- -
Ohiecks going 'tiO<^Mk$'ou-Wdi (be
clearjpg a»» a « forwa«ied to toe
.jpederal Reserve JBank-of'New york
.or to porrepsoffldent banks in Great­er
New York for-wjlleiEtlon. DaSy
the •various debits and credlffis on
the, banks are to be. teiegrapihed to
*Jjf--''fbdemV-Be5«*TO'''SftiJk of New
JjJTfc by .lijtTidrtllnrBrirger, who has
tif^n. ra«i(ed manager of the Ch?ck
•01e8«'lng-Butieau...The Reserve Bank
:WlU'.wl}M8t|he,,reserve balances-'the
Nassau banks cany and the checks-will
be technically collected
Special concrete and steel vaults
Jire being installed outside the banks
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.SATDIUJAY •AN»r'8BN0^y ,..••'
• Bernbard's PJiarin-acy,, 54,. Wsst
MeiTlcfc road,- "Will • remain'-opeii"on>
Saturday (July 1) and Sunday aftsr
the cipher druggists in F'teeport
cio6e at 2 jo'clocfc both days." The
telephone Is FReeport 8-0008.
Crevoiserat Presents JElag
As'NbrtiieastPark Is Opened
TJio seven-acre Northeast. Park %vas formally dedicated by
Mayor William F. Glacken Sunday-at'ternqon. Other, speakers
were .former Vlllaee Trustee WilliHrn E, Crevoiserat, eliairn>iiii
of the'North Bi'st Park Committee, TSverett-O.Furmari, former
chairman" flf'the. Bark Commission arid David K. Kadane, ^vlio
no-w head_B th$;.oommi(«ioii. -"—•-—' ,- .."' ; '-
As tiia.^ierclse got toder way, stwsam that • flows through the
-Mr, ,J3aRmtoHat-Tii!eaentea:;flii,.A^ ,raKS'i5rtJffl«%...«!ffii..«»,-.donc,..be-erli^
U flae <tio the Mayor and it-was
raised jto the top of tiie flagpole by
l^.|^k'employe!^. /--/"',,. '.
J Mr. ^.-revoiserat, a iBiMn»fr_oi'aie
•jfotrOieast dvic AfiscidatUn,^oiUl
|i(Ojiv Qjat group started a movement
for the establlslmient of a park in
the fljpea more than 12 years ago
aiod -eald ithe exercises represented
the fuUWmcnt of a'dream of long
stianding.
\i 3&yor Olacken doild Dow pleased
Xteyim to officiate at the-exercises
fOHl siid' $200,000 was 'being mof
vlded.'to fiztatue parks in other see-tlons
of the 'v!Ua«e. He pointBt} out
that #ie NortSieast Park •was only
Half, eompletedl, as Nassau County Is
g<Hi»f'to buJld a cuhrert over the
foie ta» rest of the park can be
Ial4:,ifcfc' ?*e Mayor told of the
det4]|i^niie;itt of a waterfront park
st/tSW/footof South Ijohg Beach
a-^iiue';aQd <!tiie Ndi>ttiwest Pask,
wl'-itote''Of'«h«.Taai«ad ilgh^ of
•way'lit the Baldwin line.
Mr. Furmaa ispoke on the muni­cipal
parJc inognun started djirl'ng
his 1 administration obd Mr, Kadaxie
pronj^ised it'wguld'be carried out to
completlou. All paid .tribute to; tihe •
perstsbency of the fieitatton of'the
Northeast Clvie Assoclaitlon for, tJi*
eetabUiihment of the park and cotn-pllpicnted,
fihe members on their
persistency. Former,-^ Mayors Cyril
C. Byaa and Robert-L. Soxsee also
received credit.
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