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(|i||tlt::s^a§ ^ FREEPORT. N. Y.. THURSDAY. APRIL 21, 1955 f » ' •FIVE CBSfTSjf IR COP F
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Freeport Considering
CbeapastWayToObey
New KscaWfear la\v
Smith Pro|K)ses Plbn
To Advance Golbction
Of Ta«es By Degrees
. Preeport is seeking tine most ecb-ijotrtieal
way to obey a new , state
law that will hit the pocketboolcs of
air" Tioinetiwners.
Each village boardrfluist -make-its
'llseal year and its' t a x eoHections
start at the same time in 1996. TJse
State LBgislftture's aim was to stop
villages from ijorrowlnB money-on
-March 1 and paying Interest
charges for three months lo meet
their expenses until taxes star!
coming In on June 1.
Preeport and other municipalities
are ordered to decide by September
1 this year just how they will jwlvc
the problem. It a village lets that
deadline go by, its fiscal year and
tax-collection dates will automatic-
-ally be fixed at June 1 by the state
A choice qf,;onB among four pos-
..^Blble inethdds Js-open, The Leader
:-^'\4eiil"fiedi-'v:-filJ5pr:;'Sy»laEe Treasurer
' ^ , - t f e t t a i ' d ' t t r i r ^ i i i j t h:
(1) A .fiBecial-;:three-month budget
from March 1, when Freeport now.
starts Its fiscal y«kr, until June 1.
' when tax coBeoUons Begin. This
would be costly to both the village
and the taxpayers.
(2) A Jl6-month budi«t with taxes
' soaTWKatioaraOper cent* higher in*
stead of 25 per cent. The big tax
Jump would take place because in
" those extra • three montlia there
(Continued on Page 2>
Republican Club Quiz Chskrnps
Legion Post Favosa
Award for Bt. Salk
William Clinton Story Post, Amer­ican
Eiegion, unanimously adopted
a resolution .last IWetoy urging that
the national American Legion or­ganization
present Its Distlngulahed
Sears of research,. jAjstaking iab-itory
work «nd experimentation,"
lave developed an aatlspollomyeli"
tis vaccine, wWcM haa-the effect of
preventing the dread disease.
Portrayca here is County Comptroller "Dory" Bedell with Adeline Ames,
da-ngrhtcr of Mrs. Adeline Brail, Eniertaliunent Chairman, who as a
team won the gay "Brealt the Bank" show at the Freeport Republican,
Cteb meeting in the Legion Dngout last lfiMitsdB.y night. The man at
the riEht la Walter Doyle, tvlio as gucbl mmmcntator was termed a.
perfect double tor Beft'Parks.
Dory Bedell ''Breaks Bunk-'
At Republicdn Club's Qiiiz
T h e Freep,oi-l "Hrjjirbliciiii Oiil* stuKotl ji . " B r e a k • t he
BHiik" progrniH lasl '1 l i i i r s d a y iiiglil - p a t l e r i i e t l s o ' c h i s e ly
a l t e r (lie T V p r o g r n i i t Ihat cvvn its cjiiiciuclor, W a l t e r Doyle
of F r c e p o r l , l o o k r d an<l a c t e d a l m o s t extielly l i k e the f a m o us
B e r t PtirkH,- - • • - - • •-^ ^ ; •'--'- -• -• — •-
In a show directed by Mrs. Addie up-to-date information. Those who
Brail, the club's entertainment
chaliinan, 12 persons from the
audience wom cash prizes for an­swering
questions, mostly about
sports, poiiOca, local history and
television^ The participants were
chosen by the drawing of numbers
handed out at the door when mem­bers
and gUftBts entered the Legion
Dugout.
County Comptroller Theodore Be­dell
of Preeport and Adeline Ames
'ofTHempstefld, who answered all five
them. Qualified for.
quesliotts &nfi
award."
'•"'A '•near-c'ffijHcitf--crowd•. enjoyfict'
the "Break the Bank" progcam and
tjheered t»ie winners as 'B%11 " as
Mr. Doyle. . ,
Others in the show revealed their
Preilint of Boad
iU$o%ose$M0ve
For Nine I n i s t e /
t 3 Long Island Districts
Have More Indebtedness;
Stale Recotds Reveal
Leo P. GlWyn, president of the
Preeport Board of Education, this
week issued a statement refutinf
published statements to the effect
tl»at the Freeport School district
has the second highest indebtedness
nraong Incorporated villages in the
State. Mr. GlWyn also stated the
Board can see no need for InsreRS-ing
Its membership to nine, as has
been proposed, "Over 60 per cent
of the Boards of Education In the
State of New York are I'lve-member
boards or less." said Mr. Glblyn.
The full text of his slatemeul
follows; »
There have been several letters
to the editors of local papars oon-lalnlng
many inacouracles regard­ing
the Eieeport Schools. The Bpard
, - , ta£ Education_lias lefrained iiom
S t a d i u m T o - B e I m p r o v e d InaaWns any answcia to these statei.
Less than, two do^cn per-ions at- mcutE. taut tv.e time tias now-come
tended-ft budget hearing held Mon-lto looli at the record
Daylight Saving Tune
Starting on Simday
l^reeport, like all other c«m-nwnlties
In New Turk Stale,
will go OB Daylight Savins Time
from next Sunday, April 24, Un­til
(he last Sunday ini October.
Governor Averell Harriman
has signed a bill which put Day­light
Saving into effect for those
six months without the need for
action by local government
boards. Until this year the sum­mer
time schedule ended In Sep­tember.
Everyone Is urged to set clocks
and watches one hour ahead on
Saturday night upon retiring,
to keep in step wilh the change
efll^ctlwc Sunday nior,alng at
Z o'clock.
Only Small Crowd
At Budget Hearing
Tax Rate is Unehalged
In Tentative Outlay;
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IT^o Toqent_ statementi, ^ftinj; Ivtn ...
tCoiitinued Oil Pagp'iii'— '".-"
2 Sets of Twins Steal Show
At Ftmp^ Hospital Opening
BaWes tmve stolen another show. Freeport jHospttal at
26Z South Oceaiiavferiuc had a buWel luncheola^atartlay for
vlUage officials to celebrate the opening «f a 200-by-42 foot
addition, but li#olsets4Jf twins bol'n at the hospital oyer the
week-end stiole.^Be;spotligiil fromibeir elders.
•It -was/a-.lius;^.';a8iplflif Mrs/ Caw- ^^
line Bi'Mo<^ £UIKMp«iictent, &a$s
board o£.4lr*ct6i»iiB4tffli#»«fs^'*6
the ^tu&pli^t^ tiiiti^H>gtt^i'«>r i ^ t t o ^
, wiB^i,,;::^"/;j, '•:'•--;,' vi'•-.?;;,•/ "'
-•.;- .'•• . ,T*AB';'*(fatl»e'-10f'iii«»'_.-
and.ft.girl-rWere bom., to Mx. and
•BSrs- JoImr'Boepp of Mftsaapequa,
.I*ss .tliaii'24'lMnis.l4tep, oa: Safpr-borni.
to- '•»»,.'and:"jto.-.--Huai<!k--of
2TO: • W^^^pBOick' ward, Er**P?rt'
"•ykpfill!«jb«bjr.fcW^ito'in4ugvi».te^
into tie- ncw^iinifeMir wtogf'-Moj^
participated Iti "Break the Bank"
Included Carrie Martin, Marian
Watil. Chris Malklsch, Kay Soper,
Alison Leys, Wilbur Losee, Maude
K. Boyer and George payaes of
(Cootlnued on Page 6>
George Goeller Joins
Merdiants* Group's Staff
George WC;t3oeller, former asso­ciate
editor of thfr Preeport Leader,
has J o i n ed tb*, Freeport Merchant's
Assoeia,tlon arnuWicity snd ptxmio-
%<»ntt'1il»B5Uttm|->.«^^^ " to Al
waslfi,' ^eff||tf%.p|-v|$i||f*^^>;'
'§(^'itgure, 'i^sMs/£psline&-JtQm
the Mitoirial staff of tbe^Leatftr anff"
visited his son,- an olltcial at oak
fUdge to Tennessee.
Hts duties with the Merchant's
Association, in addlUon to those
outlined by Mr4 Wassel. will include
fund-raising. He indicated he will
start this important phase of his
work this-week.
day nlglit by the Village Board,
and tlf&'only question raLsed iVa.s
whethpr enough funds had been pro­vided
for proper Iniprovements or Q II - T C » i* •
maintenance of the" •• fSUnlcJpa] ".^a o r e e z e . . -LO^.miGl^fliMa,,
Stadium ICJerebral P a l s y - S c o u t s'
The proposed budget was adopted) Tweiity-three ''memberiiV-W "'Girl
immediately after toe heorlng. It [Scout Troop IfiS and Brownie "K-oop
xaiis. for., total.'.estimalipn .expendl-.
tures o r$l,C20,12e, of which $1,046,-
41S wilj be raised by taxation. Be­cause
a new state law has changed
the system of accounting, it is dlf-ftctilt
to compare the praposed out­lays
with those for 1954-55, but ex­penditures
for items that are in­cluded
in both years' budgets have
gone up about $66,000.
This comparison includes a ncwly-established
assessments »ccour].t —.
which was part Of the pr^lfllng
budget but Is a-'separate^item tills
teontinaed on Page 121
BEBKLEX PHAEMACY •
TO STAY OPEN-StrrtBAT.-*^""'
The Berkjey Pharinacy, 296 North
Main attest, wiitbi .fiipt open untjl
iB"'S'ciock Sunday night after, the
Other drugstorcB in Preeport close
during the afternoon for the rest of'
the day. Its phone number is Free-port
e-S665.
M.m>m-tlifi jQerelirai. -^i^y..XJewter..
In Roosevelt and their mothers and
Troop Leaders will enjoj a luncheon
party at the gea Breese la Preeport
this Saturday starting ' a t U;30
o'clock. •
Lunches for the «hilci*eni who
come from oU over Nassau Coualy,
will be.servert free of charge l;hrough
the courtesy of Otto Kunz manager
of the Sea Breeze. All-proceeds from
the Itinchea for the.adults will be
returned to the two Troops by.Mr.
Kunz. They la turn plan to cpre-sent
the funds to the Cerebral Palsj*.
Center Building Pnnd, aeoftrdlns -to
Brownie Leiair iars.-0RrJ—Jensen
and pirl iScoaf leader, lars. Hugh-
Dermody.
'r-fcffsr Dei!m63*5f'"wilI-^b»-"o^
the InnclieSriSy Mrs!'Ben Alterson,
and Mrs. Jenseh will be. assisted bj*
Mrs. Oscar Atpert, Mrs. Keitlj Cran-dell,
Mrs. Joseph Cohen and MUss
Rita Fitzsiininons, '
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Kiwanians Have Movie
And Talk On Camisk
fnternatlonal, food will betweea
[idwiulls. Clubs of Canada and the
Unli^fStates featurbd last higM'i
prograni at toe weeklydtoner meet­ing
:.<rf; t he S^eeppreiawanls Club la
the Sks'.cluliJtouBe,' • ,
•;• B«rfe--Si:'a6Sttit-iW",Vnia«aaJie,.}ias. .
arranged -for " a . moirle on B f t t i a d a J i a J ^ ' n ^ Conunander of tfte Metro-ttnd.^.'
teiK'iGtata^'^ai'e Mfts-.-^» ' """
.iihiingfd '•-wltb'.ihnte' Canadian - Kl-.;-
*aillS & u b « «irttek'.Ste»{ajy i j p i ^^
"wUi ••,.- irtilt Jirtmfct' •*>»«•' fiUHMher - to:
Salvation Army Drive Opms
With Kickoff Birnm Tuesday
Commissioner Norniaii. S. Marslialt Coinmaiuier of the
Eastern Tcnitoiy of Tlie Salvation Ariiiy, will be the speaker
at the Annual Campaign. "Kick Off Dinner" to be held for
Captains and all workers for Iho.loeal 1955 Drive. The nj'eet-ing
will be lield on Tuesday night at sevchlu clock in tlie
parish house of the Church of, the Transfiguration, Pineand
'NortliI.'Mi4{ Beach avenue, '
: Senior Major Charles Mackenzie;
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po;Ulian BlvlsidU, wm accompany the
I|<ttu»i5sIoner. During the Program
i^fs.- .Koratee IfiiiBrove' will ~ flng,
9Uas61!<%<MU»ii£wni be chairiuaji
drljii';ttieiIpii'"Bol>errTlllmefe la
thBC^mpaign Chairman. Tbe quota
te .fixed. At $6,600 and it is lutped
that' this amount can be raUied
quickly-to .-aid the local Salvation.
Army imder-'Qie leadership of Brt-
Bpdler andJMtra. Ernest-Kewton, .who ^
devote aU pf (heir timo to -Giia cause.
WOTlcera-nro seeded. Ptease contaft—
Brigadier Newton at the local ,pfflee.
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