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18g» Yew, No. 26 yi^POBgTlf.Y;rgiroRSDAY, OOTOBIB 22.4963 dS
fiecier Tails 1^(111
V. A. Is ResfwnsiWe
F o r C u l I i i S f ? i ::
Congressnmik Saya fiedai
. Are All Avubble Now
Since Wards Re-Opened
Speaking at the Jgl^t Installation
_ of of fioer« • of WUham cUoitoa
Stery Post, =ilinerloari •sljeglon, aad
Its AtixlUa^; R-ldaxI^^lght In- tlw
Preeport4:X0ug»nl," .UfeongressfliaH
Prank J.- Becker of tynijeoofc
pledged that the adiniiUstratlon to
, Washington would not ecdhomlae
at the expense of iiosptoHaed vet­erans
and those In need of reha-
TjllltaUon O. Howard Larsem, mas­ter
of ceremonies, IntrMuced the
Congressman.
Prank Goldschmldt of Bellmorej
County Chairman of Membership,
• speaking before- the CongSeSgnari.
, appealed for a large membership
• ••oontendtog - that- numbers ••wtmld-count
In flghttof efforts to econo­mize
Oovernment eicpendltureS at
the e3«)ense of veterans. He said
there were 3,000,000 seriously dis­abled
veterans who ShouW be looked
after adequately.. „._
Congressman Becker put tue
blame for the clo!>eup of wards with
from 8^000 to JO.OOQ beds in veterans
hospitals early this year directly up
to the Veterans Administration.
which taeVsald was badly -mlsuMin.-
rOjged, Ke_«xplatoed taiatwhena « -
'": ductlon in V. A. expenditures" was
ordered the cut ,was not to, Wtfect
Wind(oOwonst tAourede oAh sPsaiggen 3e)d
In HaUowe'en Conte^
AstiSPMDBfeiit of'•wtodiawB.,l«r the
Hallowe'en (Art Contest has' beai
amwiKiced by the CShamber of Oom-merce
SJaJIowe'en Comiiiltte^. Mil­ton
JDanzlger, caaaiiroan, has worknd
. -la .-cooiperatfem wltJi vj. .W^ley
v!^)?"|p^Souaiaisd, -prtncipal of the fVeeport
iHJ#i School, to assign tlte windows
to the oompetlng classes from, all
of p n e ^ t t ' s Scaiools. The JoillOTriaig
"stole wiadonKs have been made*
av.iJlable as follows;
•4 Da«s5igeir's,-JSrie«'port HA, Senior
'Class;' CflMbridge Kjanttuire, s f e -'
•pert HjS.,--.Jttnior Cttass; iLeanaaod
„,. Shop,- fteeport HA,'' Sopiijoinoire
Class; New, , ^ o e StotBi, Etoe^pdrt
• ~' H3.. Sireshsnan Class;-"(F^neMMfft
:iDrug, l4e"eport^jS„.iag»ai <5rade;'
-•'^ ..- -!togidS(»i^jRiks,.,iElre^3Q(rt as.,;Sev-
'^enth OrMC"""" ' '" • •. — ••;•
•"": . " '."-'Porest '•y^m^mp-rjaiifias^' i^#
••:- -•--'•-ppl|zler'spas*ft' iaBi«&;I<ynn}-C^^
^Shop aaid aSerijaird's "Dnigs, AtWn-son'ScSKHfl.
^ •'
ileimsai's audi ipamasch's, Bayvtew
lAvenue aaiool; Tosirtaad anil A & K
Stores, Clevetaffld Avenue Sdhnol;
Singer Sewtag and Rofiol AK»U-anses,
tAxcher Stneet ScihooL
RepuMican Club Expecting
mo At Lundieon Tu^day
BeBcryations fur the Freeport Eepublicaii Club Luncheon
a r t h e Garden City iHotel Tuesday are pushing toward the 500-
mark as the dtiadline tomorrow approadies, Mrs. Mabel Belner,
ohairmaii, aniiouncsed this %veek.
I Site. Steinei- warned Preeport wo­men
who may wM to attend the
luncheon tB»i no, reservations caa
iJe accepted After Friday, to order
that the hoitel may have adequate
time to prepare for thexvent. Lun­cheon
will be served ~ promptly ai
12:90 o'clock.
State Comptroller j . Raymond
McGovem will be the only speaker.
Republican candidates and high
County officials are expected to at­tend-
Uie luncheon, tat there will be
no other speeches besides brief li^*-
troductlons by the chairman.
Thomas Gleason.'star of "South
Pacific," who is now llvlnf m Pree­port,
• will be guest soloist. During
the aftereooii music will be provid-,
,ed by Victor and his orchestra,
Mrs. Reiner this week expressed
thanks to members of her committee
for the fine co-operatian she has re­ceived
to the great amount of de­tail
neoc^iary.to-Planning this an­nual
event. On. the committee are
Ann Aniberman, Teresa Eberhardt,
Ann Fischer, Marion Freelan, -JRosa-bplle
(Prodsall, Cath6rtoe.""QVrara,
Tlllie :]^gor.. Bleanor -HamerT.fJuae
Koppicus', Mabel Motan.'joeephloe'
San. I^ooco, Edith Sheehan, "Mae
FIVE CENTS PiSK OOPT
Aniaual Fire.Inspection
Win Be Held Sunday
The aiaauai Inspection of the
ereaport JRje Department by mem^
hes Mme TOlageBpairtf wia be held
oa iieem mmm, outsldie the Muni­cipal
iBaUaiiig Sumlay afitemo<m at
d:lS o'clipA. It -was scheduted last
Sunday but because niamljers of the
^wartment wme ejohajusted after
ftghttor iajt ItoMnan iumtoer yard
blaae it was postponed a week.
The aaatia4 mismorial service will
foUow at 4 o'doek to the Trajnsf Jgu-ration
Eplsw^^" Chu»eh. T5ie Rev,
Reginald H, Scott, chaplain, wiU
preach ttoB aeimon.
Mayor Asks Support
For Koreans Sunday
100 Drivers Volunteer
To Pick Up Bundles;
Youngsters Are Helping
A proclamation dea!g«a:!nf Sri •
day, October 25, M.K-Day. coUsctlrn
of clothes for Korea Day, wtfs Issued
this week-by-a&yor Willtem F.
Giaekei) Iso urg«» 'the reirtd^nts of
Pr,;eport to co-operate with tlie
Pick-up that has been arranaed f rv
Sunday by Mrs. David K. iKadan*
Red Devils Triumpb
Over Lawrence Squad
In jFourdi Conquest
George Bird, So|^omare,
Is Star of Game When
Sent in as Quarterback
A Star of potontlal first toagA-tude
appeared on the horizon as iMe
Freeport Red Devils <iefeatfd* a.
much heavier Lawrence High sSiool
eleven, 14 to 9, In^,1*^16 A Con­ference
,BB|ne;,nt:;tihe.,,8t«*«JTi-Sal- •
urday afternoon. l?ie. victory kept
I their record Intact at four wins in
I as many starts and enabled the •
i Ereeporters to lieep on an even keel
-with «ie Baldwin GoWeo Waves,
j-a&o downed SemiiHate, 13 to 0. on
i Om loser's field. The KoraL far^'
j contingent wlU:,tovade' the Mttiilo-
Ipal Stadium next' Sa-turday at^ a ••
o'clock. andi.jittem(Pli.fco. stop^oiMM
I and White squad; . ; —~
, The ssc«aid half of fhe local game
got under way i^rtth., i*eeport..,li8ad-tng,
7 to 6, as a-result ^of ft .(jouple
fluke touchdowns, One for each
team, ih the second period. Law­rence
apparently had scouted:-the
Red Devils thotojiBhly. "End i rtmB
and Mrs. BeaJainVn "WVsrsne co- which had upset previous . teaan»
Smith, Jean Welsh and'Marge'-Heu-
Two Boys Admit Starting
Foreman 'Lmnber:'T:(irdjEjkB:
Two bwyH, aged J! and 10, playing with rnntchesTn n lumber
yard gave Preep«rt«rH t\w inost exciting Saturday afternoon
they littvf Ijad in a long iym«. The blazq that was Started in the
iseetion of tlif ('. Milton Foreman Lumber Yard west of Henry
street, destroyed six storage sheds, menaded buildings across
thr Ktr"rt «)i Hi'D.Hflwny, (li<l $7."i,0()(i dainnge.'aMd net firp to the
roof of a liousi' »ii (irafl'iii}.' pliK-«> two'ljlockfi" aiTjiy,
i)f tfie t'lioral ,lius the title rolo. . ^•
The lads,_whhse Identity must be
ehAlrmen •of''tJie report Amarlcftn
Belief foir Korea-drive, , -•
"atrs." 'Kodaaie reports that 100
drivers'liave' vohmteerad to help
M Sunda.y's pick-up. Cars and other
t.'eihlcles will JTIOSS in the. parking^
were stopped told and Ifie linc/feeW
l l l i e ^ .stone .:.wo.ll', 'SoV&iroihg was
the enemy defense that' Pre'epcrt dW
not'score a flrst'down imtll vjeil-th
to the third quutter. ' '
r»;i*t>eltlhd Uie-.Salvatlon A^'Jpy c(|i;fti8d-been"Uiiable to-hoM'the half,'as
Chiirdb street befojie gcing out en' had Wen'the essoin'theiHempstead-
Ithe coUecUaa,-A Ifi^ie nuenbsr cT|gamB the previous T^seek/'and his
Boy and Girl SBOUIS are go-i.n« 4,1011? I CCbnttoued-off.-I'age'MJi
\U>' tKip pick up bandlss that Juvjj • — — — 1 _ ;__:.. ••..'-• -•
been left on fiiwrt powshes and at
concealed -because of their tender
years, according to stories they told
Plre Marshal George W,Clough and
Chief JEi^anklln A, Grempei were
playing between two buildings at
•Brcwdway •••a.nd---Henry -street, -when
they •'espied a jug'^ooniwlning somi
fluid. -Dtuaplng-ttrtiir the, .grass .they
drgppBd:S;|n*tch-'onto lt.-.lri""ari.Jij-
,stantHbhe grass wal ablaae .afii.'.tEI.-
Xlam;^^ q'uicuy ;i|nlfed': fihe-two -butt
ainiSr'neifc'!j3y;"-"'rhK'BSysi"fl0d"*M
jsreCfe-caughtv •-byjFatrolman -JPred
Montrose, whp; turned liiWie alajii.
•"Other Villages-Htfp ••""""•••••;'•
When the firemen reached tJie
scsene at 2:15 o'clock flames were
shooting 100 feet into the air. Chief
Orempel sent to a call at 2:22 for
help from Baldwin and at 2:35 from
Oceanside, while the Roosevelt de-
'Nau^^Mimi0;a^^ToO^
Three ^ Wight ^and Tonight
, The first pijrfprnianei of. Victor Herbert's ' ' Naaghty' Mar*
ietta," a musical operetta, is'tft.be given tonight by the Free-port
Community Choral in tlie auditorium of the Preeport Jligh
School. It will be!rc|ieatcd tomorrow and Saturday aiglits,
utartinfr at-;8:3flo'clock under the direction of Robert T. Tavis,
Jr. Terry Greenblatt, who has appeared in pCT'iouspSr^uctiong
acusic lovers wUo have not $tsl
pur«fli3sed tickets, i ^y obtato ttiem
lor tonight's performance. TlTe
house h^s been sold outr^or tomor­row
and Saturday nights, init a tevr
jiersons who do not have tickets, tor
'these nli^ts might be able to ftod
seats If some at ttiose who have
purchased tldcets fall to appear.
7-, "The annual • productions of tihe
Choral to recent" years have at­tracted
people from all parts of
Nassau Ooiaity, especially the South
Shore from Valley-etream to Mas-eapcqua.
Tonight's opentog Is ^be
culmtoation of about ntoe montlis
of preparation.
partment was asked *» stand-by to
the event of a call from some other
part ..of_,Rreeport,- j p r a n a i from
other vUiages-atfarttcted. by the smoke
rushed to the scene. Ever>'one who
could ,«ho,w a shield was given a
_unif<fm and rushed tolo service.
The blasse-was gotten under control
.Jn-^n hqv. J"^*- ^^ '"^^s ' o'clock-
Tgunday-ffloynirtff- befo-re ,the last
;majswas5jreUByed of-duty. ;•
; Koik the "two buildings the flames
spread to three others to .the area
bounced by Broadway, Senry street,
Broa<dway and the bus teimtoal east
of Mato street, and across Renry
street to another shack
So • totens^ was Ipie [heat the
home of John W. • Plinfltett, W
Broadway, was threatened, with' as-other
bulldtag,tD the m s l t i t Shfiy'
I*s6fe saved by the firemen though
I the - patat was Watered, Bowwmr,
•asijestos—shtagles probably r ie&yeA
tham. Leaves cm ttte trees In frmit
of Uie houses were burned by the
heat and patnt on a bus ,at, the
terminal was blistered. .Telepbooe
poles along Henry strefet, were,.scor-ohed
and fmai. 1,4W0 to IJOO feet
£>f hose was ruined as the outside
.was bvcmed and tarstl ' " ~- -;;
: Current on the iCOng ISlind Rajj'
-Boad_,waSpoirt. off-fpfcabokt'W pJn^
utcs but firemen ran hose uiider
,. \'i(Oontinoed^!ofi''3Eftg^;13) '• • = i
zrrpeit's FHABAiAcr
OPEN ALL DAY 8DNDAV
Zipper's Pharmacy, South Grove
and Ptoe streets. Is ip semato open
Sunday after the other druggists
Ja Freepixrt. close ait 2.o'clock. The
ielephone is Prpcport e-9i4i>.
fnait..do<Bs.,to,-.'aintteipation,.;of tte,
drive. FamJiies who leave homie be­fore
the cars arrive are asked to
leave their bundles out front with-a
tag on them.
Arrangenasnts have been- mad,
(Conttoued on Page 4) to
Chief Urges Care
In Buttling Leaves
Fire Chief Praaklln A Grempel
•ails weeK Turgetf people to be care­ful
burning Jeaves. He «<lviSBd
against; "" _ • -
Burning near a building.
On Wttuiy days.
• Leaving fires unt«nded.
Leavtog before, one is .sure a fire
is out. •• - . ~ -
Stai-tlng a fire after^darfc.
Clevefiuid B;-T. A.-Holds
"Badc-To-^chqol Ni^l" :
_The October, meetjt^ ofuthe Ctove-land
Avenue ,^irjeL.'Wm^-)^f^t
was a ''Bai<:!k,!ro'Miak.Nlih*'' wJth
the teacSiefs^ dlscuKlnMr |aie ma­terials
and msMoOa •,•<*, tesiflilKfe
Beadtog; iSodal','itndle*' fcgllA
e»d ArlthmeMo'jeEii •fiiis'.'-Bs^ijajy attd
the •ivi!^^i>^sMic3^^'i3sf!i'iAtti& t&M
ejcplasiatkai i,^ :,faii^=teS(aiers 'ij daS-ousslon.
fftUsgyedi'Tllif-i»ir«!sldent, MsfS.
Janics Leftm>ttt,--tttan3ffia'lac;f«-"
•ulty of the ,s«hj»l-|if f§;"toost pwrfl- .
tabic and 'dls^tening /evening. She>
announoedthat the.'nest meetiOB
would be held oh. Nwjcinbsr IB with
Ixjvilus DeHony, Attorney, sis the
srpeaker. (His topic^-wlll-be, "The
Bflfflie. jmd' The l!amJly/''
Qirl Scout Week-To^^ark
Close of Fund Raising Drive
Gitl Scout Wc<>k, marketing; thi» Hose of the !{ir),000 tuiwl
raiNing campaign, will be held next.wi'pk starting Haturdav.
It will conclude the fnllo^ving Sa.tiirddy, October 31, the ajini-versary
of the birth of Jnlieite Lowe, founder of the inoveinuHt
M tliE.„Unlted BtatPK,, .. _.,_.,,,;.; .STTrrrri ; n
benediction service to St. Agness'
Chmc^, IlocIcviUe Centre; Sunday at
g:80 o'clpck.
,.: )i&.;i. .MacKJeatele, campaign chaJr-tnta'lor'
firceport, has named'Uie
'to^fk^mg co-chaiizoen to assist to
tbeidrinw: Miss. Bernard SasioairMrs.
ISdwIn &lngs(Iey, Mra,' 'liCsUe J.
Cfiepiiulst, Mrs. Oeorge Ktosner, Mrs,
•^nii W. Oaitoo, Mrs. Melvto Ebl-lwi
»k,,iMirB. Eeynold J. Wolff-and
aiiiij'AJijerly. ' »
; t i i p t p i ' t h e bulk of the ($5,000 is
i»QEKN9tejil iifo be raised through the
one of cookies, during tSa^ pericd
extending from Batunday ttuxnigh
SatunJay, Novetober 7, it wlU be]
neoessaiy, Mr. MacgECenzle ODO-nouiH^
d,' to c«udi*ct a' house to
house csuniMilgn to meet .tlw to-crease^
guota' assigned Ttaeepor^i
AU Olrl Scouts and Brownies are
ei^pected to stteud services in tiielr
respective dhurcbes, Sunday nwm-tog
attired to tt»lx. unlloiiris. "Iftey
are to wear tlhelruiiltonns to; school
during the week.'., ' .'',..
1126 iraxious tmops have arranged
•a wtodow display under thk-dlrecticii:
of Mrs. Albert^lL Ackerly, chainnan
of- visiml a i ^ a y for the ii!reel^rt.
jTcgm.., COTMnittee,,, .iji', the ^^oMsih;
stori'. a i ScuBh MWa^'street"''.ijed.
Newton boulfivanf. It /will W"jto;^
veiled ,Saturday /aMi coratiniied'
Ifhroozgh t ^ week. The subject is
"Glrr Scouttog Builds International
Friendship." '
felrl Scout Troops of,Our Holy
Redeemer (p!hurch aie to Join to ol>-
Gerving .the tenUi annual Catholic
d r l Scout Week by attendtog a