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IStli Year, No. 29 PEEEPOET, Sr. Y.. THPSSDAY NOVlHlBiE 12, 1953 -^^ias FIVE OEHtS PEE OOPY i».
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Freeport Nosed Out
By Mephani ieven
In Hard-Fought Game
Red Devib to Meet
Baldwin November 21
In Decisive Contest
Having had -its-stein-of- vlotoriea
broken by Mephani, IS to 16, on the
North Bellmore gridiron Saturday,
the 'Preeport Red rtevllg will rest
up this week-end and then tackle
the Tiftbeatien QoWen Waves at the
Baldwin Held cm Saturday, Novem­ber
21. FmepoTt has now won 6
games a«d lost 1.
«aylng «n a wet and sUpppxy
field, Itreeport scored three toach-
<tcswns durtng the first half, after
which It was stopped cold. Th«
i-Bucs on the other hand counted
once in each the first, second and
third periods and scored <t»« ejctra
point on the. final touchdown which
gave them the vtotory. Baldwin de­feated
Mlneola, 27 to 12.
The iRed DevUs took the Uckoff
and martiied 60 yards In nine plays,
phis iufferlng 20 yards in penalties
Three passes, two by Geot^ Bird
.counted tor 07 ya«Ss, wlt4j.^eiineU,
•feanetng over Irdm •met''qae, "Bird
tried an •unsucoesi.ful sneak for the
Mepham Starts Slowly
Mejdiam did nothing in' t&ree
downs after the Hoxt klckoff and
again the Red Devils romped down-field.
Baiph Stile returned Saadle's
punt 28 yards. A iS-yard pass, Bird
to DJok paineron, a IS-yard 'sweep
by John fapacosmo a n d ' a 13-yard
run by Bennell put the baU on the
two. Pfl.pacosnj)0 rounded rlgfht end,
and it was .12-»6. This time PenneE
was stopped_ on the bu<± tor Sae
point.
Again Msphanj had to punt on
tCJoatinuefi on Paie 4)
Bank Honors Veteran Employee Freeport Palsy Unit
To H<^ Miss Davidson
' £ s s saizabetk Dairldson, medical
> .jrdlnatcr ,of the Cerebral IHalsy
t - a t e r at Boo^ewlt, wW add*ess a
i''.:eting;af the'-preeport tJnlt of the
' riited Cerebml P a l ^ Association
••! Nassau CJounty at Qie clinic on
'.V-,shington avenue, Boosewelt, Wed-
:.< .iday night at ataO-oMook-late
Freeport tTnlt now M s a reg-
•••-ired-memberBhlp of 280 and a
"i'-je attendance Is anticipated .at
:"»:t Wednesday's meeting. The
•I lit conducted a veiy successful
•••:namgs sale at the Freeport bus
•• • ninal all last week, the ohalr-i:
iiti reports. Proceeds of the rum-jii.-
ge sale will go to promote the
j -.1 :k of the organisation.
^Refreshments will be served fol­ding
the meeting.
Honoring Harold Walters, right, for 2S years of service to the tank,
Augustus B. Weller, president of the Meadow Brook National Bank,
Pk^esents Mr. Walters a handsome engraved watch. Mr. Walters, who
lives at US 'Gordon place. Is a member of the'Stock Transfer Depart­ment
of the bank, and works i_n the nierrick office.
INSURED X3P TO $10,000
Ttm full-page advertisement of the.
County Federal Savings «nd Loan
Association, in this Issue of ..The
lioader contains an error. By mis­take
11 states -fihat lavlngs accounts
are insured by the Federal govern-rnent
up i»S5,0(»,.,.The flfure shffluld
be tlOjOOO,-^a4jic amauat of^lheuivi
a n c e o n ssvlngs "aecotaitB was In­creased
to that flgfUTB several years
ago: . •
For Rescue Work In Flood
p . Gordon Edwards, Freeport Civil Defense Director, pa.v«
trjiiufp to tlie fine work done by vohiiileers rpprt>Kpnliiig; variin-s
organiitatio'iis d u r i n g the high w a t e r that flooded many F r e e p o rt
homes ln«t S a t u r d a y following tlic storm in a letter"nddrpsscd
to t h e editor of The Leader. Mr. Edwardg also dpscrihe-s some i>f
t h e work done by tlie rc.s«»c crmVH lliroughoiK the day. Hi'*
l e t t e r folloics:
Red Cross is Given
Flood Refief Report
• Unit's Wdrk Described
At Meeting of Brandb-^_i_
Held Monday Mortung;
givetit -~ w9i;ert«fl»t<'o"itaaaM
•CANE
Hunireds of Famifies
Driven from H M S
By Record High Tide
Local 'Agencies'Meet' —
Eptiergency Promptly;
Power lines Affected
Mrs. Zahn to Address
Athena Club Monday
The Literature Department of the
Athena Club Is to present Argentine
S. Zahn la the Visual Education
•Bccm of the Atkinson School Mon­day
at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Seward J.
Baker, ohainnan of the departoient,
wlE Intrgdi^ce tjje speaker.
Mrs. Zahn wlH talk on hooks that
will Interpret Mexico from the point
of view of.its history,• twhperajnent
and customj. She. wlH suggest' a
varied list- ot bocks to.lnteresi wad­ers
who seek pleasure spfced-with
new ^^tenowledge'-^bout—a^^Wfernit
plft^-and a dUferettt'cultuipe. Mrs,
Zaim will Aow slides tha,t she
made while Jn Mexico,
Unity Refmm Temple Buys
.Old Church On Qrove Street
The United Reform Tempk r e c e n t l y 'organiEcd to serve the
people of Freeport, Baldvyin and. JBOoaeyelt has a r r a n g e d for
q u a r t e r s at 72" South Grove street, formerly oeeupied by the
F i r s t B a p t i s t Cbureh. The building is being renovated for the
use of the Congregation and is expected to be r e a d y for occu-jlancy
on DecejEb«r 1,
Alfred T. Davison paid lEhe Baptists
$106,000 cash tw ttte pnjipertiy at a
time w!hen i t aiveored Soatb Qrove
street wwuM devekip luto « pros-'
peiam business ffseet.
iAfter being vs<^t^ by the ^a,p-t^
Js, the strtuAuK -was used by &
iW^pttrtjSalvatJon 4 n n y Ooips un­til
the headquaFters at IS O n i n^
street were acquired, lAter it was
occupied for sevacal moatba as.1zlie
Freeport youtlj....Ofinte„-Qieii.
The coagrogatlon has cailed Rab­bi
Bernard Levlne of Trenton, N, J„
to bec<»ne its spiritual leader. Rabbi
Levine's topic tamowow night at
6-.S0 «'clo<at. will tie "Loolcing at
I954.",6eiiFices wlB be conducted at
I East Sanrise Highway until .the
new temple Is ready for occupancy.
The oW church yas built by the
late William 6 . Miliar for me First
Baiitist <aiurch in ISOt. The congre­gation
occupied it unip early in the
spiiag iit W2S when it moted into
the. present stone. edifice at SoutJi
iE«ng''Beetch avenue and iMne^iStiieet.
furniture store. I t has been'vacant
lo»'some-time. ' •'•--•
Editor, The Leader:
The splendid service given so un­selfishly
by so many people and or­ganizations
during the floods of last
Saturday .deserve some comment
and commendation.
All day from daylight until after
darlc the men and trucks of the
Freepoi-t Pli-e Oept., under the di­rection
of Chief PranUln Grempel
and Deputy OhiefrNoU and G e o ri
Schwah- vaife'in th« flooded areas,
rescuing. men,.,3wcinen--and children
from flooded hemes and'..conveying
them to.- safe ^'shelters elsewhere.
S!iw|u«Btl^.w«rWi«Hto-watp'-i|a.^elr
hips, .they-fvacuatftfldtHinr the day
about thr<M'ihuMSBiii'|ie&Stte. In" ad­dition,
...thgjr^. pumped out- ngany
flooded cellars aind assUsted home
owners In restarting oil burners
wWcb had been under water. The
work was hard and ejdhaustlng but
was done cheerfully and weH and
in the highest spirit «t cammunity
service. The firemen did an out-staruling
Job Indeed.
The eleotrlc line crews wnrksed
diligent^ all day and evening le-stwAns
the hundreds (Kf power lines
tiiat bad been bnAen during tba
stMm, Itoe KIgihwfty, Wttter, Saal-.
tatlon and Sewer l3ei«rtiBent work-era
also afslated matedaUy'. In aU
of ttie atjove- work-TShe BaUce Se-partment
did a gimi Job in.iidashig
reports ot trctoMe and damgerous
(Oontteuefl on Page 16)
Hit by the worst floods in the
memory. of the oldest resident the
various local agencies met tjie sit­uation
with an efficiency that was
little short of marvelous and reduc­ed
suffering to a minimum. Driven
by a northeast gale, the tide at 6:30
o'clock reached a height of S'/g
inches above the previous record .<5Pt
on November 28, 19S0.
All the waterfront- area- was--In- -
undated. The high tide carried the
water as far north as Atlantic ave­nue
. and even ftuther inland in
some sti-eets. Buildings erected prior
to the adoption of an ordinance re­quiring
aU structures to be built at '
specified levels, suffered most be- =
cause water flowed into living rooms,
wHUe m the newer structures- only
tha.cellars.!w«e flooded. And a b o u t ' -
QQO.vpetsans (had T» fee evacuated '
whw^^^Ovom^bMame^^rggv
, ftaroseofSlsifl damage, the total nf - -
from their homes by t h e Mglt tide j which-hSan^t tieea estimated, was
Saturday >^ornlng and -tatei to thB.fddae_to oil burners and otlier eleo-
Dlsaster l l ^ e f ajatloii established i trior equipment In cellars. Cars which
in Christ liutheian-Chureh was glv-1 stood In the streets or in garages
en by Mrs. Harold W. Battin at the where the waters reached up b» t he
monthly meeting of the Freeport bodies sustained ruined IgnlUon
iRed .Cross branch Monday morning ' systems.
In the home of the president. Mrs.
Jerome Loewy, 314 Randall avenue.
Several hundred persons were given
assistance and sustenance.
Mrs. Ijoewy, the chairman, re­ported
that she was alerted by the
CJhapter House in Mlneola early
Saturday ' and proceeded to open
Disaster Belief Headquarters in
Ohrlat Church and Mrs. Herbert E.
Byitte, chairman of disaster Re­lief,
then took over.
Canteen workers with Mr«. Harold
W: Johnson as Acting chaimtan
served coffee and ..buns, hot soup
and ' sandwiches to. the evacuees.
Several w<»u|n...from' .the" Church
of thB_Nazarenealso brought saiid-wi
«Aies and holne made cakes, while-a
North Mala street bakery contri-bufceii
cakes and ToUSK-^emen^nd
:.4,BiyiV-'lJefeii®~worim-'affiBtiidr^
Bed-Cr-ostf women...
The- coiiiihittee on information
and registration kept contact with
Salvation Army iHeidquarteRs where
evacuees also were taken. Two tratn-editiurses
also remained on duty at
(C<Mjttolied on Page 16)
As a result many families were
not 45nly marooned by the floods,
but with the shutting off the elec­tric
current were without heat and
unable to coolc.
Firemen Out Early
Warned by tOie police that floods
were expected Fire Chief Franklin
A. Grempel and his deputies, WSl-liBim
Noll and Oeorge Sohwan were
at the Water., front at''5:4S o'clock
and at 0:30 the chief sounded mi
an alarm summoning, al} the appa­ratus
to jihe jcene -of tUe floodis,
while caillng on Hhe Roosevelt Fire
Department to stand by in.case-of. .
an afarp b^.tag sounded in t h e n a r - '
thern part of l£e vlQage.
• ChierOieni.pel set up heSdtjiiart- '
ers in hlsjfar-at ,soutE Grove StarcH
and-A-Mmtic-ajenw^^^
Ihi'liie^ of' • ffie-lijitt. way rSo^s^fein^^
he directed "itoe'work ol r e S e and""'!
evacuation, I-b-;Waa "imposslbleKto
drive the apparttus south of Front
street, so the firemen cbmmaaideer- ' •
ed all the rowboats they could get
their hands on to get to the homes
(Continued on Page 135
rmmnm&ws iPBASMMTS ,,
Frtedman'fi Ehaimafy, S o u th
Prove .street at Sunrise Highway,
will remain open ' S u n d ^ M ^ the
other drnggistsi; in Freeport close
at 2 o'eieit*. The telephone la free­port
8-0001.
CivWDefense Medical Qroup
Will See Aimnw Bortfitb Film
The Civil Defense Medical .Group will meet Wedneiday
night in t h e h e a l t h room of t h e Qvom Htceet school, Mrs. Dorothy
flfrdon, Deputy" Diriector, announced tliis week, *
A iflm, "Medical Ettects :of the
Atomic Bomb; Physical Destruction
apd C^Lmia;Ity Effects of .Atomic
Bombing,", wlU toe •diown. The a^ove
street entrance of the sdioofc near
the Tiealth room, will be open fqr
the meeting.
Mrs. Gordon leports that meet­ings
of the MMical Oioup are to be
heUL t h e Bjlfll Wednesday tilght o^
each montii after this In toe Civil
Defense headiiuaitws at the Munic-ipaijBulWlng..
• ' •••-;••'*'--"•—-^
Igieeport. hast. €pe; Medical Group
beaded by.. JDr. Benjamin. Fhik
whereas Its <pota calls for eight,
eacihof'which sSioiiM have a dlocior,
jnedlcal assistant, two nurses, one
record: clerk, 30 medical aids, ojie
nussenger' leader and eight mes-eeageni.
|l4rs. Gordon said an effiort will'
li$.iiiia0e to build up volunteers for
tfie Medical Croup With. the hope
t h i t It can be divided into other.
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