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FREEPORT BALDWIN ROOSEVELT
19th Year, Wo. 12
MERRICK
FREEPOET, NEW YORK. THTOSDAY, JUI.Y 18, 1954 0 » =» FIFE GBKTS PER COPY
Exchange Club Gifes
l a J Fulton Pktare
To Town Cemetery
Portrait Will Be Hung
Iin Greenfield Office
Where He Was Trustee
. The Exchange Club presented a
picture of the late Chester A. "Dad"
Pulton, a charter member, to Alfred
A. Sorge, superintendent of Green­field
Cemetery to be hung in the
office In Hempstead, at its weekly
luncheon in the Sea Breera res­taurant.
Ml-, Pulton was a trustee
for 40 years, and Mr. Sorge paid
a tritiute to his fwesight In the
management of the eemetery.
Introduced Uy BurfonJ M. South­ard,
vlce-preiident of Chester A.
Pulton & Son, Inc.. Mr. Sorge gave
an Interesting history of Oreenfleld
Cemetery. He said toat prior to
18B8 practically the only places of
burial in the Town of Hempstead
were In churchyardB. EYeiitually, a
demand developed for the estab­lishment
of 8 town cemetery, fujd
following the eaactmeat of the nec­essary
legislation the matter was
submitted to a refErakaum, at wmm
a plan w&^ adopted, almost tmanl**
mously, Ml. Sorge conttotted.
The vote, taken hi 1854,, was fol­lowed
by the >i»chase oi 10 acres
Hi Gan3eri'01ly.\»herb the present
Doublcday Co., Inc...plant Islocated,
he added. It was for the burial ol
nirt- Be-' latewea"to'.'-«iuri*'}F^(^^lb*:
explained.
When A. T. Stewart atarted his
development of Garden City, Mr.
Sorge went on, he disapproved of
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Freeport "Kids" in Sheldon Show
•A
$150,000 Fire Damages
Balport Car Agency
Spontaneous combustion • was
blamed by Plre Chief William J.
Noli for a blaze that did $150,000 in
the plant of the Balport Stude-baker
Agency, 425 West Sunrise
Highway, on Monday. Seven- fUe-
{men, including Chief Noll received
ti-eatment while the fire was in
progress.
The major pai-t of llie clndcrulock:
building which housed the service
shop and parts department was
burned out. However, the flames
were kept from , the showroom at
the west end of the structure where
five new cars escaped damage.
According to Chief Noil, the fire
' started in rags in a box of paint
find lacquer thinner in the east
end of the shop. It was discovered
by Chris Hansen, 10 Paotfie street,
lad Peter Cusnmno, 2249 Derby
'rnad, Baldwin, co-owner of thei
Narfheast Approves
llburn Pond Site
For New High School
Giblyn Addresses Group
At Friday's Meeting |
Cites Economy in Oioice
The Northeast civic Assoclatloti
at its monthly meeting to -the Hose
Co. 5 nrehouse on Leonard avenue,
Friday night unanimously advocated
the selection of the BrCllburn Park
tract as the" site for a high school
that must be erected before 19S)5.
This action was taken after Leo
P. GlWyn, president of the Board
of Education, had declared that If
the property, could be obtained from
the 0 1 ^ (rf »ew Yoric at a iiiiuiliatf
price, It would be the bojngaln of a
, agency with George Salomon I !!'^"f''„.u^ '"Pjf««« ^^ «*«'e
using carbon «telde%xUnguisTers I ^ . f t a " ^ ^ e S ^ ^ i J T ^ Z f
I tney tried to put out the blaze and w a ^ o S L h£^ ^ ^ f ^ ^ ^
then tried smothering It with lae-l'°L" ^ ^ t ^ ^ t , ^ * '
quer soaked wheel cloths without)
tjccess. •' Giblyn Is Re-elected
By Iducation^ard
Mr. Giblyn eieplalned also that
consultations were hetag held \g/ the
village and school authorities with
officials of the city ol New York
and Nakaaxi County and that as
soon as on all around agreemfaat
could be arrived at the matteT
would be BUbmlttEHl to a, r«teren-dum.
To Bhow-wlfuiit it-wouia~ cost to
ftctiulre a site wltti the mlnlxnum ot
eight acres' TCKiulr'ed-by Voft diate^
tJepartment t>lBduc«thm'>ftve' cV»d
Begins His 23rd Year
'-. .Tlw»«|,:r».s»<«rt:y«>WNP»teni iwiffe»ntu.e-th«..a<juiai- Niasau Cdttt.' 1 ^ ^^^^J^^ GjfOUp;
nnintttes KbspltelpafticiiKttedl to a Herb Shi^dftii Natlma) BraaA' ' bnuth Vlce-PreBjaent -
emtitm-Ctuapasiy Mmi.^ at the NoHb Shofe HoiqpitaL .asj). prmew. tox \ **» ^- G*ljm waa re-e'leoted pres- f the Haynor street ploB, a jjortioi' of '
tt'Sff'''^' ^^S?" ^'W'fe'^*'*'"'*^ '<»»•%* <" Ed-iwJUoh ali«ady Is owned .lui.t)be dla-
••**""•*"*/•»*» :»g«»!«f»'-f»«>»«^ Thejfe ore now 3 s/4 acres to
Island Industry Fomd. ~ > . i , . |Moii-mioetlna'cl»aa'-.5Pu«satf«y niittit, tha autnetlt ooaseaaiea. TV> tn- '
In tlie picture Shddora is shown at ri«Jit. Wllh him la Bmll J"!? 8- 1" **»e Board rboih it the' crcnBe the site to eigtit aonut. he
high school. Clifton B. Smith was continued. It would be necessary to
re-elected vice-president. , acquire and remove 26 homes and
Mndalil, vice-president of tihe fund and president of tke Nassau-Suftblk
CIO Cmincli. The youngsters, lefl to r%ht, are Lee Sparliitg, 5; Belay
Regan, 1, and Bobby Sparling, 1.
More Funds Required
By Nassau Polio Unit
Communities throughout Nassau
will be urged to aid further in the!
war against polio this Siimmer, Col.
Carl aiaplro of Rockvllle Centre,
chairman ol the Nassau Polio Oliap-ter,
announced today.
Costs of the nationwide vaccine
tests Just completed have reduced
funds available to care Itor those al­ready
stricken arid those who may
bestrickei from coas.ti.to coast this
year, he explaliiM." _
"Nassau has a record of which all
ol us In the county can be proud,"
Shapiro dedared. "The coua^y
topped Us goal of $3QQ,000 In tbe
1954 March of Dimes, more than
, fever before loaateo in NasiSii to
the fight against pollor Aijd-iast
monta some 4S,000 school children
qualllled as FoUo HcKieers in the
vaccine tests, 'niousaods of volun­teers
worked to niatee this possible."
Waterfront Park Dedication
To Be Held Saturday Morning;
ut (he timiial
Leader Business Directory
•Xo..£eatm'ie.^,M^0dcd^^^^S
A bifsinesg directory and claasilied advertising page IB
being established in The Leadei- with this isHue. The Bu.sineKh
Directory appears on Page 8 today and iiicUidps all the r<-»ular
advertisers of special services.
.Mri\-<)i- William K. lUai'licn is l(i offirint*
(icilicHlioii 111* the \VHt<T!'!-<!iit I'lirk ut lli>- U»>\
Beach a^•^'nn«^ Satui-iiay HI 10 (rclm'k, IHtviil K. Kiiilaiii", diair-maii
of IIM' Park ( oiiuniKsiiii), will pi'i>is!ilf: "Other upt-akcrs will
be ftininT Miiym- ll<iberl 1.. Poxscc, NHtlmtv I'. Zalilinv, presi-
(btiil oj tlif .\t!H»iti«-Kouth Civic Assdi-lHhdii. iimi B<'i),j<imiii X.
,\si-ii. ('hnii-tiuiH (»(' the Wi<tfrt'ri)ii1 ('(mnnixsiini rc<H>nflj ap-pointed
bv liio Villaff*' Buiird. ,'' - i
Other member.^ of thA, Village
Board and Parlt Commisslojr are
expected to attend.
A fishing contest to be conducted
,)jy.. the Freeport Recreatkin IJepart-ment.
'Joseph Caverly. superintend­ent,
will follow the formal exeiclses.
Prizes are to be awardeil lor the
largest fish caught, the most fish
and the smallest fish. Donors of
'prizes are the Jumbo Brown, Dan-ilger
and Schultz sports stores.
They win comprise a salt water
glass rod, reel and line, a fresh
water rod and a gift certificate. Tlie
vrtnners also will receive ribbons.
There will be classes for boys and
girls 11 and under and 12 and more.
THE BERKELEY PHARMACY
OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY
Tlie Berk-eiey. .'Pharmacy.--298
tlorttLilaln street, will remain.,open
Sunday night untU-io o'clock after
the othet druggists in Preeport close
tfft the day dui-inf the altefnooa.
The telephone is Preeport 8-5665.
Prior to today's issue Ifc has been
Oie practice of The Leader to
dlstxitmte these advertisements
flturaaghout the paper. I l i e ^I«uier
feels that it will be more craivenlent
to Its leadei? U these advertlee'
meats sje an placed together a^ong
wiOi classified adlvertlsetBaits.
It is our IntenMU to contact
ieaaag representattves of all types
of trades and special iservtces so
anyooe needing a painter, electri­cian,
plumber, gardener, radio re-
J _jjaJpian or any opier t^iecial. type
f
to call wltbout
4ii
of help mas consult The leader's
business directory and find a place
delay,
businesses or Individuals en-
Ui a type of work appropri­ate
for tli'e business directory are
Invited to ciUl The li^ulef at S*ee-pmrt
8-3133 or Preeport 8-3Mtt ind
Inqutae about the rates for a regu-'
lar IlBtiQg. This type of advertisiaip
can heglyen oarer the telephone If
the Individual msires to save tbne.
Mr, Giblyn Is beginning his
twenty-third year on the Preeport
Board of Education, and has served
«s PiBsident for the past fourteen
years. Mr. Smith has served on the
Board for the past seventeen years,
the last fourteen of which he haa
been Vlee-I^ealdent,
John T. Cotter, Jr., was appointed
Clerk of the Board of Education and
Joel J£. Pitcher, Treasurer.
The firm of Fred C. Berge and
Company W*B appointed Auditor for
the School District.
The following .Committees were
appointed:
Estimate artd Purcho-se Ffnanoe:
Clifton B. Smith, Chairman, Hugh
Erwin.
Building and Grounds: Clifton B.
Smith, Chairman, Harold B. Pear­son.
' • -. , •-"" •
Insuranoe; Hugh IBrwln, Chair­man,
Dr. E. Freeman Miller.
...Claims and Audits: Harold E.
Pearson, Chakjnah. HugliTSrwlh,'
Public Belatlons: E. Freeman
Miller, Chairman. Harold E. Pear^
son.
four business properties at a cost of
at least $SOO,O0O. A site el^where In
the village would cost proportionally
more.
"Preeport nfeeds a school site be­cause
our present enrollment in the
Junior-Senior High School has
grown to the point where every
room In the high school and the
Orove street school building Is oc­cupied
for high school purposes.
Figuring on the basis of pupils who
are now In school, by 19S7 our high
school enrollment will be more than
2,150. Our present high school build­ing
was built to take care of 1,200
students. Even with the Gs-ove
street building, we cannot accom­modate
this number without double
sesBlons^part time.'* • •, . .
"The Preeport Board of' Educa­tion'has
been wo.rUjig ^n the prob­lem
for a considerable niirnWr of
yeara, as a part of Its over-alt
tauUdlng program," he ctftrtinued.'
"For the present .Bttf eJemaitBry
school buiidlng Bieds have been
cared for. Our most acute problem
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CommunityCalendarPlanned
By Commerce Chamber Office
rt:jK.-2i,s;5i
Merridk Road Widening
Low Bid Is ^22,79S
'me Davis Construction Co., of
HlBksvllle, submitted the lowest bid,
4622,793, lor the widening ol West
Merrick road when blda were opened
hy the Msasau County-Department
of Public Works tn iflneola, yester­day.
Tha estimated cost wos $645,000.
Five bld^ were received.
The viilage is to Issue $110,00(1
l3on«|s to cover its worlt to connec­tion
with the project.
With the'co-opeiSioS orttTtOirBdmn^^
rft;<'ivinf{ lett<*rK and queHtioiinaire.s this week, tl^c Preeport
Chamber of Commerce will establiah a new, free servicje by
acting as a clearing bouse for mcetiajj and program dates, ae-iiordinf?
to Diivid Spitz, ("bairnian o.f tb*' Chamber's Communijy
Division.
Mrs. David K. Kadane la Chair­man
of the committee arranging the
Chamber's Community. Date Cal­endar.
She ejtplalaed that the pur-pose
of the calendar is to estaUlsh
a central pohit to which orgflflissa-tlns
planning meettaga or ev«pts
may refer to prevent confllcU with
tbd ficdieduUng of affairs by other
rganizatloHB. "By reducing, such con­flicts,"
BSrs, Kadane staled, "Local
meetings and programs should be
better supported."
To make the calendar possible,
the co-operation of a i cWamunltar
organizations te needed, to complete
the form enclosed with tWa week's
letter. It has been reauested that
the irms be returned to lie fteeport
Ohamher of^.Oonimerce office im-
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