The-Leader_1954-07-08

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FREEPORT BALDWIN ROOSEVELT MERRICK
19th Year, No, U FEEEPO&T, J*iW 'rOEK, ftfOBltDAT, TOLY 8, 1954 iWE OEHTB PBE OOPT
Restaurants Med
For C4H)pration in
Grace Cards IMsplay
Clergy Coundl Backs
National Movement To
Recopiize AU Faiths
. David Spitz, ChBtrnian o£ the
Freeport Chamber of Commerce
Community Division, announced
Tuesday that letters are being tor-warded
this week to all Preeport
restaurants, asking tor their co­operation
in plaetng oil their tables
the "Grace at Mealtime" cards
Jointly sponsored by the Preeport
Inter-Faith Clergy Council and the
Chamber of Commerce.
He stated that these cards are
part of the voluntary natkmal
movement, "Bellglon in Amcfloan
Life," aponsored by all denomina­tions,
which expresses the re-aWlrm-atlon
of the American People in
their own and their father's re­ligious
faiths to meet today's chal­lenges
of fear, aiudefcy and mMrust
in a. troubled world.
wllUam J. Maitln, Jr., 6tiainber
Conunitte Ohfttrm&n, etatetl that
at the-i«iiijest nf tlie.Bev. Sagene K,
StreM;'l^Wettt'or-ttie4i3tter-SKf
caensy Council, .juul of Sa^lil
Council Committee for this project,
his coRunitte has arranged for the
printing and distribution of these
^Both Mr. Spitz and Mr. Martin
expressed their appreciation to the
Meado*x Brook Press tor printing
the cardsNip a pubMo service.
Revhw-StarBonds In Default;
Attorneys Prepafing Lawsuit
Attorneys for owiiei's of bonds issued by tlie Na.ssau Daily
lieview-Star about 15 yeais ago are planniup to start a court
action tti demand payment of tbe bonds in full, with nccrueci
inti'ti'st, one of the bondholders said this week as the bonds went
into tlefault by failure to pay interest due July 1.
The bond' issue was assumed by
the Newhousc Interests which own^o ^^^^ ^„ however, and say
the I,ong Island DaUy Press o f ; . , , , . . , ,^ , ,
Jamaica when the Nassau DaUyi**^^^ ^'"' ^^^^ ^^^ ' « « »<> <^°"",
Revlow-Star was sold by the'Iormer now that the bonds are In default.!
owner and publisher, James E.' .^a attorney representing one of j
StlJe.s, several years ago. Interest on j the large bondholders says he wants j
the bonds was paid regularly, Janu- j a more satisfactory financial state-ary
1 and July 1. until last week j went than 'he interests which toolc ^
when no interest was paid when it . ovpr 'he Review-Star havf- Issued >
became due. • - and that he would like to have the [
The owners of the Long Island coiirts res lew the sale of the Review- j
Bally Press, Who suspended the Star building on the Sunrise High-'
Review-Star a year ago, have of- way. RockviUe Centre, and all of
fered owners of Bevlew-Star boi\ds ^ the equlpmsnt of the dciunct news- >
50 per rent of their par value. This paper. He said he has been told
June Building Permits
Aggreirate $331,450
Permits lor building operations
estimated.to cost $331,450 were is­sued
during June, Superintendent of
Buildings Wtlbert F. DeMott re­ported
this week.
Nineteen permits were Issued for
new buildings costing $208,400 and
27 for additions and aiteratlons in­volving
a cost of $123,050. An addi­tion
to the Medical Arts Building,
55 West Merriclt road, accounted lor
the siae of the latter Item.
offer has been accepted, aocordlt^
to letters sent out by the company,
by a majority of owners of the
bonds. A number of iarge bond­holders
have declined to accept the
Four Stores Damaged
in Main Street Fire
Five Fjireiiieii Overcome
By Smoke in Basement
Where Blaze Started
the entii-e holdings were merely
transferred from wie Ne% house
corporation.to another at a ridicu­lous
f^ure fixed by the new owners
themnelves.
Salute To Frfeeport
On Television Tonight
Preeport "The Plshihg Capital
of the Atlantic Coast," \wlll be
- saluted by Jon Gnagy, tonlftht at
8; 56 o'clock over television sJfeaMpn
WPIX. Channel U. ^
The big feature of the show will
be the display of real fish landed
by anglers fishing from Preeport's
open. and„:Charter.-.lKiftts during, the
past tew days. They will illustrate
the kind of catch.that may be ex­pected
"when one fishes from the
many boats which daily ply sport-
"; fishing-watei-s-out of the ''Eishlng
OapltaL" ^-:..:,...:.:.., .^1.
Pictures .at. Preeport's busy Wa­terfront
were taken by Mr. Gnagy's
staff last week and will be shown
together with an aerial view of the
Preeport harbor talten recently by
the 0. S. Coast Guard.
Thieves Raid Store
|Snc^$eMi|t|
LooMi of .Oirange loe; '
Cakes Thrown on Floor
Thieves, apparently boys with a'
Legion Junior Team |
Fps%erffidb#e
Squad's Initild Victory
'- -Gifted"FWa^T^KIBir-^-
Two Play Agiain Tonighl
, The reorganized William Clinton
liking for orange Ice. broke Into = Story Post, American Legion, Jun-
Beler's, 30 West Merrick rad, two' lor bsieball team, scored Its first
nights In succession and collected a " victory of the season when It took
total of about $11 irm a cash reg- "" HlcksviUe on the tatter's dla-later.
The first entry was gained some­time
after the store was closed Fri­day
night when about $14 was taken.
on
mond 'Friday evening. The score
was 8 to e. Except for one run tal­lied
in the first Inninst by the vic­tors,
all the scoring was done In m
The second was the following night. w^^i^ld ^ja^n,,d^ ^w^ haomolays stehdi r7d rpuenrsi oadn dw hthene
and the entry netted only about S3. \ j . ^ ^ ^ ^^^ ^ Each side drew blanks
Access WBB gained bth times by ay^^g jjj^ ^^^ remaining inalngs. ]
cutting the screen in a rear win- , _, , ,, ^ ^ , , •
dow and forcing a sash. Other than ^ ^^l „ ^ f °i° ^'f**^'^ masteilv-change
left for the morning shift, tf^^'l'^^ ^HS!%T^^S Z.
ice wjilch* they packed into the . .—^ !„_„ ..„ .„_,.. .
usual paper Ice cream containers. ^ « ^ " ^^ imOag^'. i
The delicacy was not left In the -. B H E
same placeItwth nights, but they Prpt :.".I-0 7 0 0 0 0—8 9-2:
succeeded in Ending it on each oc-,H'vllle 0..,S. 8 0 0 0 0—6 4 I'
caalon. , . \ Batteries—Sanborn "and-Tunstall; •
Then, childish like, the Intruders; K^j^n and Sparco. '
tohnr etwh e csahkeelsv easn db ehoitnhde r ththei ncgosu t\lteefrt
all over the fioor,'whlch w^ a mess
when the store was opened"^ both
mornlDgs. <*• '
The police are looking for the In­truders.
Qlacken Says Stjodium Profits
Were$137,G00ln Last Decade
Though interest in midget and stock car racing has declined
in recent years, profits realized at the Municipal Stadiinn. have
totaled slightly more than $137,000 in the last decade. Mtyor
WilUaM P, Glaoken advised the members of tb eAtlantic-South
Civic Association al their monthly meeting in the South Shore
Yacht Club Thursday night. He said receipts duringc that time
totaled $352,427, while expenses amounted to $215,347.
The Mayor discussed the matter
ol disposing of the atadlum. He Bald
the stadium occupied 8 acres while
tbe village owned 25 acres of land
to the sotith of it. Be told of efforts
to' diqtffise of the adJoliiliiB ptSiN
CTty, as an tadnstelal rite, wldins
that .if It wa^ sold the stadium jOot
would be morei laluable. **
. Beferrlng to the grade crossing
elimination projcctr he ga-j-e Msui=
ance J ^ t a i^mtract for the work
would be awarded before the end of
tbe year. He added that a contracf
for the vtrldening of West Merrick
road west from the Baldwin line
to midway between South Orove
and Ohiu^ streets, alio would be
awanled before the dose of the
year. Mjayor Gladcen was also ap-i
tonlfitlo oyer tbe prospects of Free^
The two teams will meet in a re- i
peal; performance tonight at 8
o'clock at the stadium. '
The nine traveled to Lynbrookl
Thursday and lost a close, contest,
2 to X. Lynbrpok and Hempstead are
tied for the lead in thp Nassau,
County American Legion .Jimiorl
baseball league. The team Is spon- j
sored by three automobile agencies, I
which have provided uniforms and'
equipment for the boys. |
* Howe' gStaesttre'T»lBye<S-Triors'.
day nights at 8 o'clock at the Sta­dium.
Levlttown will be here liejrt
Thursday night and Beimore on
July 22. Tomorrow night Preeport
win play at ISepham Field, North
evening at Kennedy Park, Hemp-
Bellmore, at G o'clock; Wednesday
stead, and JiHy 20 at I.y&1n-ook.
Bkrry J. Ohulsano Is managing the
squad.
Plre Marstml George W. Clough
of Nassau County Is Investigating
the origin of a $38,000 Are that.
broke out Mondi^ morning and did
damage to tour stres at 91, 93 and
95 South Ifain street. Rve Hremen
were overcome by smoke polsm, one
suitered a out hand and another a
twisted ankle. They were trtsated by
niemheis of the Emergency Snuad.
ton's HtiSdware. 91 iU's Dairy Ap­petiser
and the Preeport Curtain
Pactory, 93. and Mayfalr Jewelers,
95.
According to Plre Chief William
J. Noll, the blaze ortginated in the
basement of No. 98 and mushroomed
Into the store to the north, A heavy
acrid smoke developed and a 'smoke
ejector acquired by the Plre De­partment
a couple years ago, was
rushed into the cellar and enabled:
the men to fight the blase. The
flames were confined to the cellar
but the Mayfalr Jewelers and Ap- i
pleton's .-iuffered "frwrTimSEe dam- |
age. _
Three members of ft family resJtl- i
ing In, an apartment -over one" of!
the stores had to be rushed to;
safety.
. The alarm was-Bounded at .11:23
o'clock 'and It was an hour and a
half before the firemen got the flre.
jiHiSer control. It was 2 o'clock be-.
fore the fire was out, but some
vamps were kept "St the scene half
an hour longer Just to make sure
everything, .was safe.
New Nbrthtest Park
Is Dedicated Mmday;
Glacken Is Speaker
Doxsee, Furman Recall
Early Days of Program;
David Kodane Presides
Mayor William P. Glacken deliv­ered
the address at the dedication of
the new Northwest Park at North
Brookslde avenue and the rallrc«c!
tracids Monday afternoon. He was
presented \ty David K. Kadane,
chairman of the Park Commission,
who presided.
The Mayor told of the realization
of the need of partes and a year
'round recreation program for the
boys and girls and youth of the
village. He spoke of the development
ol a system of parks in the various
parts of the village, the engaging
of a superintendent of recreation
and promised that the program,
having been set up. Is here to stijy.
He also thanked all who had co­operated
In making the plan a suc-
Pormer Mayor Robert L. Doxsee
told of the origin of the park pro­gram,
and Everett C. Furman, for­mer
chairman of tfte Park OommiB-slon,
spoke along Ute same Ui^es. ,.
President George H. Paiiiserg
presented a flag to the vOlage to
-parl£,-"ah-d "ir'waft»• t|i«-^*'Se«*tjyr^>'
VanBaar Brown, past president of
the civic association, and Mi-,
Kadane. Singing of "The Star
Spangled Banner" followed.
Following the formal exercises
there was a program of games, un­der
the supervision of Superinten­dent
of Recreation jroseph Oaverly.
and a ball game in which the
Meadow Broks defeated the Free-port
Bank In an American Little
League game by a score of i r t o fl.
The game was decided in the sec­ond
inning when an error on a
perfect double play ball, led to the
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W, J . Martins Baby
Is !Named KatWeen
The Leader wishes to correct an
error inadvertently made lii its
last Issue. The baby daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wflllam J. Martin.
Jr.. of 240 Wtoaley street is named
:ii,thleeSi,.Trnuv&Jito:tln.,alter her
motHef, the former Kathleen Trouve
of Hempstead. The Leader Incpr-recMy
printied the name as Kather-.
Ine last week, •-• '^\
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BEBNHAJBD'S FBAKMACY
OFBK lOA. DAT SUNBAT
Bemhard'8 Pnarmacy, 54 West
BSerrlcfc road, «iU remain 0!pen
,Stmdi»r v&sSek% until 10 o'docfc
after ttie ofher druggists close dur­ing
tibe sttetrooon for fti« das'. ^n>s
•^l^hbi»6VBr»eeiKn*.8*«»Bj—
^xS^ange Cltib Raises Fwnd
To Send Cfiildren To Camp
Funds with %vhi<-h to Bend thiTc ni'cdy ('hildrcii to <ninr'
Uw a week each were rained at Ihe weekly Ituielu'on of the
BxchanRe Cliib a t ' t h e Soa Breeze Hotel.- I>r. Morris JL Rofw-man,
ppe.4dent, said one of the hcidth niirHCH appj-Mled tn him
after explaining that after the chihlren had been selcited, it
WBH found the catap to which they were sent in pant years had
hc«m discontinues. Dr. Rpjjsman said the nurscn luited to dis­appoint-
the youtig-stcrs, and as a result took the matter up with
him.
Later the club will decide whether
to add this event to the causes to
which It contributes annually from
its budget, ' - .
President Bossman submitted a
brief report on the recent conven­tion
of OieBtate Bxctumge Olob in
Albany and pnssented a certificate
to mibert B. Wells In reoognltlbn
of his 25 years of membership 'with
Oie ipcfd enmp. At the conventltm
a movc!n»nt to select a state youth
plan each club would continue to
choose a youth of the month, and
th#n at.the close of the year the •
local youth of the year. Thg recoidiT
bf tbe local- winners would be sub­mitted
to a state-wide committee
wMch would n»k« the final choice.
The matter of awarding state..
scholarships also was considered,
and % was decided to hold two dis­trict
wMe meetings I in: this area
amjuallr. i A i W85 CMiventlon is to
af-4l>a..yeaE-3gaiLata!rt«^. mtder the Ije held in Olea^N. Y.
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