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Ifth Year, No. 2 PEEEPOET. NEW «0£li, lilOJtSDAY, MAY 6, 1964 ^ ^ ^ as FIVE OINTS PEE OOPY
Larkni Says Funds
For Grade Crossing
Work Appropriated
Senator TeDa Exchange
Conteacts for Project
Should Be Let Soon
Funds for t h e . ellmltmUon of
iPreeport's grade crossings have
been aroroprlftted by the Hew York
State Iiegislature and ccajtracts lor
the work wUl be awarded In the very
near future, State Senator Edwin
P. l<arkin told t h e members of the
Bxehango Otab of Freeport at their
weekly luncheon to the Elks otah-house.
Person^ who have foUowed the
matter through the Legislative ses­sion
have beea aware of the fact
that more Uian $8,000,000 was voted
for BMule oroasing elhnlnatian work:.
osteiisHily for the fteeport-BaJdwln
project. They have said that other
commumtlea were trying to obtain
the money and no formal annonriee-
Bieift could be made. Weeks passed
with no word being given out.
Oonsquuently It remained for the
Senator to "spill the beans." How­ever,
had not WllUam J. Martin, Sr.,
asked a question after the formal
talk, the facts would not have been
revealed. .Mr. Martin asked If funds
oBlB.'Benafoi''Ijai1diPrepl!ea'"w!t& ~li
positive "yes."
Then, rather ruefully, being a
resident of Floral Park, he remarked
he had been having a hard time
explaining why Freeport got the
money whUe his constituents had
been subjected to another delay.
Thus. Floral Parkers have known of
the situation. They have demon­strated
this by starting a movement
to push for funds next year, while
Preeporters have been kept In ig­norance
of the fact fnct that the
coin ws(s to be spent here and In
Baldwin.
Now that "the cat Is out of the
bag," Preeport and Baldwin can re­joice
that at long instr-the: wade
crossing elimination project is In
the works, that^dirt will he flying
soon and officials can begin to plan
or the future. Several reasons have
leen advanced for Oie ' I d e l ^ ng In
making the formal announcemeat,
bJjJLnow If and when It comes, i t will
be an unte-ollmax.
"Please Buy. Poppies"
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Mayor WUIiam P. Slacken sig^ilng proclamation appealine for Free-porters
to buy Buddy Popples, wh«n eaiupaisn gets u n d ^ way, ae
Mxs, E. WUIajpd HeUand. (oeatxe) president o* the Ladles AiodUaxy
of WllUajn CUnton Simy p^wi, A.L„ and Mrs. Edward S. Martin, Ooqnty
Poppy ChairmaJti. look orn: ' Bagatelle Photo
Atlantic South Giirics
To See Flood Fthns
Motion pictures taken when floods
forced the evacttaUon of homes
alon; the wai^tefront last year are
t» be shown by Herman schonf eld
at the monthly meeting of the At-lantio
»Soaai Olvlc Association to­night
at 8:80 o'clock Ip, the South
Shore Yacht Club.
THE OANNOjr^PHDPHHAOT .- -
OPEN AM. DAY BmmAt
The Caimon Phanriaoy, « South
Main street, will remain open until
10 o'clock Sunday night after the
other druggists in Preeport close for
the day during the afternoon. The
telephone number is Freeport 8-0041.
Freeport Will Be Featured
InTwO'Duy IsUmd Salute
• "^^ V f i f r p oH TlipH l i a r been .selected to r e p r e s e n t ed'nealion iii
tiiH twoTtijiy "Hahitc to Long i.sltmd." Iiv Stafioim WNIJC HIHI
WNBT .SclKMhlled l o r Fridny mid Hnturday, May 14 niid l.'i.
A two-lionr pnifrraiii frum 1 I<i .1 I'.M. Frithiv will orij^iiuitc in
tllP R H, H. Hiiditoriuin iiiid will jiichidi' sin ^aiiHtcur hiiuf for
tlie Ilert) .Sheldon show ill wJn(!h stinlents selpcted Ht a previouw
trj-mit will piu'tifipiitf. d i n i C a r y iriil hnve a jiart in file l(H«i)l
jinifiTaiu with plultcr^ iiiid ri-i-
Red and White students who are
entered in the tryouts. to he .held
Monday after school with Sheldon
In charge are Marilyn Schmltl, 15,
organ, songs from "Show Boat;"
Nlcke Forte, 17. pop singer, "If You
Lov«-Me;" Bob Peina, 17, and Jackie
Wagner, 17, pop .singers in "Making
Whoopee" and other selections; Cur­tis
Jensen, 17, yodellrig, ' "Chime
Sells," "western songs, accompanies
himself with guitar; Lois Jfcnsen,
who doubles with brother,-singing.
"Mansion over the Hilltop;"-Muriel
white. 15, organist, part of. Beeth­oven's
"pathefcique Sonata*'', and
C h o p i n ' s "Nocturne;" Jaichael
Haass, 16, organ _pr Rianoj; "Pajon-aiee,"
by • Chopto; _Kay Maijng,'fs^
song, "Suriiinert'irae" fropi "Porey
and Bess;",Anne Marie MacDonald,
18. tap dancer, and Kathy Bairetfc.
13, bagpipes and tap dancer, "All
the Way to Oalaway." and other
selections.
Presented by WNBC and WNBT
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Cerebral Palsy UnjM Mold
Kickoff Meeting At Dugout
The F r e e p o r t and Baldwin auxiliaries of United Oprebral
PaLsy Association of Nassau County, Inc., held fclieir combined
kick-off for the May fund-raising campaign."? to b e conducted
' i n t h e t w o villages <pn Wednesday, April 28, in the American
Legion duprout in Preeport,
A sizeable campaign volunteer
audience heard speeches deUvered by
Mack Maritowltz, president ol the
Nassau Oourtgr association. District
Attorney Frank Oulotta ahl Ii^s.
George CJblan, president of the-
OquQcIl 0* Auxtl]aries of the Oere-bTBl.
F^y assoolrtlon, whose, head­quarters
ai8 in the organization's
clinic ln:_B<ipse»elt.
Alexander Eockmore, .co^ohalr;;.
man ot the. Freeport lUilt, .presided
as master of ceremonies. He also
introduced Ralph Caso, Councilman
of the Town of Hempstead, and
George Byrne, executive director of
the CSerehral P a l ^ center,
Kenneth E. Vougbt, chairman of
Preeport!s May campaign to raise a
$9,000 village quota, outlined a plan
of actioifi to his vorkers for a suc­cessful
door-to-door campaign, ac-tWty
m J6e_r«fail; ,9»it, JnftiiitcSai.
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trding iifiisl y-ticsls,
14-Point Rise Seen
In School Tax Rate
Figure Is Expected
To Be 2.88; Budget
Adopted, 126 to 6 ^ ,
The $2,270,028 budget proposed by
theBoard of Education was adopted
by a vote of 128 to 6 at the annual
school meeting held in the "Free-.
port High School auditorium Tues-day^
nlght. Included are •$2,193,838 for
schools and $76,150 for the Preeport
Ijemorlal-Library..
Deductions of $631,250 In. antlol-,
pated receipts and $85,000 taken
from surplus reduce the amount to
bf^ raised by taxation to $l;653,778.
This, with an estimated $1,500,000
increaSse In the assessed valuation in
the district, protiably will require a
tax rate, of<'$2.88 on each $100 of
assessed valuation, an increase of
:|«- •ee'H£S.,.wef'.thr Mij^fenf.-:tJix TftJg."
• ICeiiheth E. 'Vought Was* dhoseh
chairman of the meeting Snd .John
T. Cotter, clerk of the Board of
Education, officiated' In that capa­city.
President Leo P. Giblyn out­lined
the budget Item by item, after
which questions asked by several In
the audience, were answered by
Mr. Qlblyn, Superintendent John
W, Dodd and others.
*'1*o propositions were adopted,
one pei^ittlng the Boafd to sell
buUdtoiiis on the South Ocean ave­nue
school site, by a vote of t33 to
1, and the oOier to etcquixe fom*
additional' lots a t MUler avenue and
Cedar street for $2s00ft by 129 to 1.
Vice-president Ollfton B. Smith
and Dr. E. Freeman Miller were r e -
etected..to..the;hoard..yesterday wlths
out opposition.
Big Parade To Open
Little Leape Season
Procession on Saturday
To Rival Memorial Day;
Four Bands to Mandi
The Preeport LJttle and Pony
League baseball seasons will be
ushered !n Saturday morning with
a parade of proportions farely ex­ceeded
even on Memorial Day.
The First Division will be of a
mUltary nature, with the BSlst AU-Force
Band, commanded by Lieut.
H. O. Vincent In the lead. Ilhen will
follow the 2600th Air Base Wing
Color Ouard, Mltchel Field Air Base
detachment, • Army and Navy Color
Guards, the staS of the U, S. Army
affd Jm P»i«e""R«BHIItiiil Station
in Hempstead, a detachment from
the U. S. Marine Air Reserve Train­ing
Station, Ployd • Bennett. Field;,
the n t h Rifle Co., ir.S.M,0.H.; the
3-19, 3-.3fl and 3-63 Ifaval Reserve
Surface Battalions all of Preeport;
the 104th Field Artillery Bettaiion •
Color Guard from Jamaica; the'
142d Tank Battalion Color Cu.irJ.
Preeport; the IflSth Infantry color j
guard, Hempstead; members of Offi­cers
Reserve Corps, Manhattan; the I
Reserve Officers Training Corps i
from Hofstra; Nassau Group. Civil!
Air Pafrol. British War Veterans i
of Amerloa, Manhattan, the color i
guards _,^'f the local Veterai^t ol !
P o r e i ^ Wars. American Lesion, I
Murine Corps League, their nux- [
iliitrles, the Salvation Army and t h e '
Daughters of America with Red'
Cross units. |
The Freeport Plre Department,
headed by the band, William J.
Dayton, director, and Chief WUJlnm i
J. Noll with hia deputies will.lead!
the sjctton division, followed by the '
Baldwin and Merrick Plre Depart­ment.
The tour Pony League teams
wUiLJollow the valiips.- • •
J ^ t h e thlrd,_ dlvisipn,..,.fpx which
Music wtil h e provided by the Pree­port
High School BaaC'Ilr.. J. May-nard
Wettiaiifer, director, will come
t h e Freeport Auxiliary Police.
American Nautical Cedents, Boy and
GJrl Scouts, with the American
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rooklyn Polsfteclinic
0 Beicate liuling
At Freeprt Safcnrday
Glacken To Officiate
At Formal Ceremony}
Luncheon is Planned
Mayor William P. Olactan to to •
officiate at the dedication of the
first unit of the Aerodynamics Jjab-oratory
of the Polytechnic Institute
of Brooklyn, Atlantic avenue, west
of West End avenue, Saturtlay at
noon.
The Preeport official party wU.l
^esvc the Municipal ajlldlng at
il:SO o'clock and proceed (o tihe
Laboratory where half an hour will
be spent on a tpur of tnspectioQ «f
the building. The i&yor wUl then
give his dedicatory aiddress after
which all wUl adjourn to the Sea
Breeise Hotel for htnch.
Following lunch, there wlU be a
social time to enable the members
of the Polytechnic group to became
acquainted with the village offi­cials
In attendance. Dr. H. 8. Rogers,
president of Pol3rtechAlc will par­ticipate
In the ceremonies.
The wind" tunnel, to be hou^d in
the laboratory will be capable of
generating the fastest wind In the
world, aceordlng to Dr. Nicholas .J.
Hoff, head of the._De|>(u;tmep{ of
AetattautlBiif Bfiyliieerliig' 'n«<f'Ap­plied
Mechanics of the*BroDMyii In­stitution.
The Preeport location was
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f Mldren Are Gi?en
Anti-Polio Vaccine
Elementary Pupils
In Freeport Schools
Treated This Week •
Pupils of the schools of Preeport
arc being innoculated with anti-polio
vaccine this week. Vaccinating
started Monday morning at the Co­lumbus
Avenue SchooP when 170
pupils were irmooulated; 179 were
given the treal.riient at the Atldnson
School Tuesday; yesterday Uie vac­cinators
were at the Archer Street,
SohoDl in thfr morning ind Oleve-laftd
Avenue l a the. .afternoon; to­day
they are a t the Bayvlew Avenue
School and tomorrow they-wllfctbe nt
Our Holy Bedeeiiier'a^KjoJ,. ,
•Phystelans-who .(perated a|i the
Columbus Avenue School, of which
Miss .Helen E. Bosgif ptfeelpal. were
Dr. Meme M.. I^aster, I3r. Adrian
P. Persico and Dr. Stephen F. Oer-de,
Mrs. Ralph AUjinson, a mother,
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Beautifkation Chief Saves
UhMdQdendromiSisr-Emtsdty
i V e e p o r t ' s new b e a u t i f i c a t l o n ' c h a i r m a n haK demon-stratcd
himself to be possessed of foresigHt, vision, deci.sion, prompt to
a<'t with resouroefulDess and* a - 4 i i a l i t y of thriftyness. He has
a higber conception of t h e d o t i c s of office than merely to look
for u n s i p h t l y garbage cans and_li|tei'ed,;iqts. On occasion b«.
hbs r e s o r t e d to comedy to put acroKR iflias instead of usinp
s a r c a sm and inveetives, the weapons of a past generation of
<?ivic workers, —
T ^ individual, is Dr. M, George
lEenberg. He discovered nurserymen
at work Monday on the grounds
where the, o . I. T: Investment Co,
bulldiitf is tb be erected at West
MerrtQk.rpad and .South Bergen
place. Her saw. man ttlgglng up the
Ijettor looking shrubs and 'leavlnig
others. On inquiry he learned nu-mfirojts..
lOTgft. riiododendrojia ,.were,
to be ieitb to be destroyi|d when a #
bulldozer started clearing up tl)e
place.
Exacting a promise tiiat if tibo *
village acted promptly, it could have
th« bushes free gratis for nothing,
(thrlftjmesB) he set out Jo fbad Ted
Combs siqierintendent' of the Mu­nicipal
Stadium, "(nct'lbn). Ted ad-aUtted
he had a couple of men he
jBouW.asiiBnJfl the task,jhut I'Doc*.''.
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