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18th Year, No. 34 PEEBPOKT, N. Y., THimSDAY, DEOEllBEE 17, 1»83 Wim 0ERT8 PEEXJpPY
N WORK TO START IH 1954
Edwards J^pinted
Telephone Adviser
To Java Government
CivU Defense Director
To Leave Next Wedk
For Indonesian Post
F. Qopdon Edwards. 104 Souths!*
avenue, has been selected as one cS
three retired telephone offlidals, to
go to Djakarta, Java, as consultants
^ the Indonesian govamntent to
assist in developing Its telephone
raclllUes. He expects to leave Prea-port
on Saturday, Decemter 28. 1!
he has no difficulty to obtaining a
passport and In getttaf throu^
the red tape Involved- In gettlns
away from the United States to go
to another country. He will be awaf
untE .Jiiljf 1, 19S4, md ijossl^
longer.
Wf. Mwarda was retired lasl Mas
1, After ^ M'lng associated with the
<Kew Yflrt: "relephone OomiwBy ftft^
ja^yearsrHelwasa/apBaon^jflaa erii
•glneer i t tt»s Miiici'of ttls litlreiBtat,
Mr. Edms&a tsiA tilff^^asontetei
have been retained by the J.O.
-pjilte astoeerihg CWnj»i«', whtoh
has been supplying teeSaiictoJa in
various lines under the Bolnt 4 plan
of foreign aid for two y»ais. The
telephone project Is one of the latest
to be midertalcei). Salaries of the
men and women retained to-<ti> the
work are paid by the United States
Ooveaaaeat.
rt wm be necessary for Mr. Bd-
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Engine Company Giving
Children Party Sunday
Bngrloe Oo, l of the Rreeport De­partment
is to give a Christmas
party for the dvUdren of its metn-bera
In Wre Headcpiarters on North
Main street Sunday at 2 o'clock.
Santa Olaus In the person of past
chief Mward Andrews will dis­tribute
gifts, an ftpproprtate motion
plctwre will be shown and-refresh-mentB.
Kill be sewed. About 130
youngsters .are ;expected tof'^parWel-*.
pate.
Past Chief John S. Marra and
:C«SDtge' ^ Batche#" ""ars_ ,i:o-j;ljatanfin
men of the' committee of iiraTige-aients
and every member of the,
company Is expected to assist. Tite
other companies decided not to par-ildpate
In this year's project, as
reported by error on Page 18 of
this Issue of The Leader.
Freeport Officials Are Hosts
ClcLss From Palsy Center
Gets Java Assignment
To
Pridaj', Deeomber 11, will go down as a red letter day in
lii'story for a dozen members of a class at the Cerebral Paky
(It-nter in Boosevelt.
In the morning, acoompaaled by
their teaolier, Mrs. Cornelia Outt-man,'
they were picked up in four
cars at the hospital and met at the
village line by an escort of Preeport
policsemen. After being taken on a
tour of the vlllftge. passing the Post
i Office, Preeport Memorial Library
• and other buildings they continued
on to the Municipal Building. -
They were taken first into the
I Police Station and greeted by Chief
! Peter Elar. He also swore them ta
as honorary members of the iYee-
. port Police Benevolerat Association
: and presented'•mlalature shields -as
I evidence-of 41ia honor confeisied' on
Ithein. After that" they were. 1*ikea
Mosm ataira, shown the ^Us'iti which
iliersohs. arrested-are: detained lor
'an-algninent, |iid btlier feifiiies, of
Jhe departroeat. TheyplayftBiy jw-mitted
handcuffs to be placed on.
laielr liny wrists and handled the
revolvers of the men who were
showing than about. They also had
theli- pictures taken.
The blue coats who gneeted them.
In addition to the chief, were Pa­trolmen
Anthony Elar, Slmer W.
•Lane. WUton I. Hananeri, HSenry C.
Schwaher, Stttart A. wtclachlan,
Harry T. Leonard and Thomas H.
McAdam with Sergt. William J.
Daube at the desk.
Prom the police station they were
escorted into the of lice of Village
Clerk MlUtord P. VanRlper, and
greeted by Mm. Marie Bnders, his
secretary, as Mr. VanRiper was
away because of Illness. Mrs. Enders
presented gifts including-toys, Jig­saw
ptBsztes and other articles pur-chJised
with funds contributed by
the vlttage employees to the young-tAera
to toe kept for flieh entertain­ment
.at the Boosevelt Center.
Then the boyS and girls were
, Continued on Page 4)
Bank Announces Special
Hours for Two Evenings
Tiie Preeport ofice of the Meadow
Brok National Bank will be open
from 6 to a o'clock Wednesday night,
December 23, and again on Wednes­day,
December 30, according to an
aimouncement from Sinll J. lYenger,
vic^-president. The bank will ba
closed on lioth succeeding Fridays,
when evening banking hours are
normally held.
V. GOMDim SDWAIIDS
"Desert Song" Picked
By ChonJ for 1954
Si^mund Romberg's "Desert Bong"
has 'been selected as the seventh an­nual
production to be presented by
the Choral in the South Shore Ter-rade,
Merrick, Monday night. About
150 perons attended.
Members, of the group put on a
skit, sang- various elections and
danced. There also were selections
by the entire Choral, The diners
listened to selections by Paul Muro
and his band.
Director Tavls announced that the
presenlatioh of Victor Herbert's
'Waughty Marietta," last October
was not only artistic, but a finan­cial
success-Part of the profits hl,ve
been spent in. purchasing addlttonal
equipment ror..the stage ol the F.MiS.
auditorium.- ' ••
East Rockaway Bank
And Meadow Brook
To Vote on Merger
Consolidation To Give
I arger Institution
$S,OdO,OdO More Assets
' •• The "stocKholdigirs-; Of- yOig Mtadow
Brook Hailonal .Bank and the iiast
l^ckaway Kaltanal '^azik and Trust
CJo«npa:#"wUl bBTS^beil to approve
a merger..J9t tihe Jwo Instttuaons, It
^ a s aniifiofteeSl-thls'TS'eek hy Aafifis-tus
B, iWeller^jiDe^deni of-jSteadow
jBrook and WOUam &: Mmte, pnssj-dent
of the Bast BooEawsy institu­tion.
Tentative approvaL for this
merger has been reoelvea from the
Comptrollerof the Currency pend­ing,
a two-iflilrds vote of approval
by the stockholders of the respec­tive
instltutkuis at their annual
meetings on JTanuar 13, 1854.
If approved, Sast Bockaway will
become the tenth office ta the-.
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Kelly Assures Cimm
Funds WiO Be Voted
By Next L^slature
Northwest I^cusses
Smoke in Vicinity of "
''' 'Coluisiyan Bronze Plant
Judge Paul Kelly assured the
membei-s of the Northwest Civic
Association at their monthly .meet­ing
In the cafeteria of the Atkinson
School Monday night that the way
had been cleared and that the
Freeport-Baldwln grade crossing
sllmSnatlcn project would poBltively
be started duiing 1834,
The Judge said he had been ad­vised
by BCayof William P. Q-lacUen
that the Legislature would appropri­ate
the necesary funds and that the
working plans would be ready.iiiTJip;
coed with the adverblslnjl^TtgF'iBiiai
Just B9 soon aa the moheyiw^*VftHr
a & e , • • • '^•" ' _ : , . . ^ _ _ . , . . _ . . . .
saEost of the eveiitoa waaititemup
In discussing, smoke conditions . to
tlM vUslnity of the Colfl^Man SKajae
Corp;, 1pllHt''ftnd •file proposed re-ponins
of ^orth' Alain street to .eK-tead-.
the -imsBwas' iaKa':j^ioisJimii-^'---
Ing on the street back 100 feet for a
total depth of 280 feet.
'President <3eoi^ URilrberg re-
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Mr. Mardiall Advises
Mailing By Saturday
The Christmas mails are now
reaching their peak and are heavier
thap ever before, 'Postmaster .Mar­shall
advised a representative of
th« Leader this week. He rerplnded
that cards and gift parcels must
be In the malls not later than Sat­urday;
Oecember 19, to assure de­livery
by ChrSstnjM„jLluL.for out-df-state_.
j»li& air" mall and-spSolaf
delivery services should be used.
Cer^eBFdl-Palsydinic Patients At MuhBp^B^^
Legion Post To Slop
December Scrap Drive
iWlIllam Clinton Story Post,
American' Legion, has decided to
omit its scrap drive for December
because of the projttalty of the-
Christmas holidays, Vlce-commahd-
«r Cieorge H. Hfeynes anmounced
this week. Consequently tSiere wUl
be no collection of paper, scr#p an4
metal this ccminB Sunday.
' iptowever, Mr. Maynes added,
drives will be resumed at a later
date to be announced.
"Resideats . of Preeport are"
iirged," he said, "to ^^-operate by;
savtng newspaper aiid'lwrap/meliiJ:
•which .will-be coltected 1^ tim post
• th€»-.thW-!:Sua«iay of:.«8cfc.rooatji.;'f-
-ALii-oFEtl'HExx snup-Air " .
" ^SJ^nftS/'airKSeport arug.,stoiiea
- wUl fceep open' for'ta}e,enttt« day.,
Northeast Discusses
Two Rate Increases
Momlicn iif Ihr p.irty of iiuplte from Ibv Ccrcbrai-Par-.. IVnUi In Roovirit iiholocroplicil In «lin>.ii
House m recent faltir of ttie Mnnfclpal BrMmaeitoUimea by. vMt to the l«i>iisrd Awmm Wm Honse^
Issues Are Referred
To Board of Governors
For Definite Pm^iosol
The application of the Pennsyl­vania
Ballroad for permission to
Increase commutation rates 25 per
cent on the Long Island Rail Boad,
and the appeal of the "New York
Telephone company, for a 10 per
cent Increase in its rates, were^ dle-
-cussed at %e monthly meeting of
.tha Northeast dvlc Assodatloh Prl-j
»lghtiJn..,the..lieonftHi,Awnue Plre-
'house' and then referred to tlte
boar<i of., govemdw. .This, body Is
fi3cpected_ti£--facnuilate. .deflij_te ?ec- .
•-4?ijnimeiidatlpns to be acted on at ffie
.' nuary meeting, rwijlch also will
I" ladleB' night.
Action also was deferred on the
t- oposed amendment to the Munl-
'lial Zoning Ordinance to increase
"lie depth of the business area t»
.-0 feet from the present IBO feet
.il mf worth Mala street. Wlllaid P.
2.'ans, who headed a committee «p-
1. Hinted at the November meeting,
11 ported two meetings held with
II B Municipal Planning-BoaW and
ltd the committee had made a
••urvey of the situation along Main
•t:«t.
He recommended that any chaiige
p. svlde that the ext^nalpil of the
bi-slness aroft ba made appicaWe
only to ttie riar Jtee of property
fj.iBtlng on Mala, street, to pre-i.
at tjw establlslwaent of bustaessea
r .Mitling on' Kbe side streets. Mr. ^
F.-ans art* smmet eoaferanoe had
'V sn .arranged with the Planntog
B»ianl and the committee woflld
- .tonlt » definite report at the nejrt. .,
imsettog. , • ' •
Mscusslori of the liong Island RaU
i : latl situation Included to addJ-tluh.
to the 2S per cent IncriEsMe iii
iajmnaitatlon- ..ra.tea.-fllre?dy-XBgoit--.;..,.
Blended by on examiner. of .the.
toierstaie'Commerce CommlssJon. •
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