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Ifllh Year, No. 38 FREEPORT, N. Y., THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1955 FIVE CENTS PER COPY
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Freeport Given Quota
Of $3,600 To Raise
In Boy Seoul Drive
Judge Kelly Chairman
Of Campaign Starling
Sunday, FebruHry 6
Preeport has been assigned a
quota of $3,600, the same as for last
year. In the annual Boy Scout Fund
Raising Camsjalin which is to be
started at a Icick-oft gathering of
the drive workers on Sunday, Feb-fUiiry
6, Judge Paul Kelly, the vil-lagF
cliairmun, announced to-day,
Tlip.orgttnb-ation for conductliis the
caoipnign is to be formed at a
nveeiuig to b^ held In Judge Kelly's
offkf. 115 West Suin-i.-ie High^'iiy.
Mondiix niRliC at B o'clock,
RiiUerl H Mtfjellan Jiiis iiccn
iiiimcfl cliairm!iii'*of speciiil gills
Froepon lias eleven Seoul iintt.s,
lice -senior troo))!? iiiul .NIK Cub
packs Willi ii iin iiihershii) iniiiliim
several (lui.iii-eci boy.s Several
aefiiiw of ExipliiJ-ei" ruiik, are iiieiii-liers
<il M'SUur- !ni<j)s. P!ans :ire im-
(icr V. •-•, U'l- the fyrmaliHii i-; »••.
lea--! iliiee ncitiirloiirtl Liiuls. Iiul be­fore
".']- can ue liune. !e;n!i rs nuwi
bi- uAeiupcfi to head ibi-iii Hiiti
-lUU.L. JiUiL'd Id 5iUi.>pl,V tyuipilK-in.
fIII !lie InM timr in jsicriH yeur.s,
•''fi'tieilfr''H. Alfred •Voll!fier.""Alati'
VrMir.-^i: Ws son. and Dr. Milton
i; Wiiltliuaii. \vm a suc€cs,s, and
cCoriliiitied on Pape 2i
Rotary Club Honors Mrs. Battin VoUmer Is Invited
To Install for Recruits
Officers of the Freeport Bepubll-ean
Eecrults are to be installed at
the monthly meetiiii to be held
Thursday night, January 2T, at
8:30 o'clock In the Legion Dugout.
Sheriff H, Alfred Vollmer is ex­pected
to be the Installing officer.
An elaborate party is planned for
membera and their guests following
the formal events.
Officers for 1855 are Walter
Murphy, president: Elly Drescher
and Henry Paris, vice-presidents;
Anthony DjGrcgorlo. treasurer; Vir­ginia
Pagonis. recording secretary;
Jackie Jackson, corresponding sec­retary;
Joan Asl, historian, and Ed­ward
Smits and Bruce Meyer, dele­gates
to Nassau County Council.
Mrs, Harold W. Battin, pieked by the Freepori Rotiiry ciilb as eitizeti
of till- year, smiles as she receives a silver b«n linii dish, siiilabl.v iii-s<-
i*il)ed, from Joseph Itruveiiian, pn'sidrnt itf tlie viiib. KcntieiU E,
Vnughl, chailiiian iil' Ihe Ciu/eii iiC llie Year ('ommiUee, slanils at llie
irft.
Harbor Ci?ics Again
ippose Stores In Area
LD. 6. Smill Resigns
As Village Trustee;
T. ffl. Lang Gets Post
Has Served on Board
Since, July 12, 1946;
Business die Cause
Leonard D. B, Smith, 40 North
Grove street, who had been a mem­ber
of the Village Board since Jidy
12. 1948, and acting mayor most ot
the time, subiniM<-d his resignation
to Mayor WiUlam P. Glacken on
Friday. It was accctJtcd with regret
by the Board, meeting in executive
se.siiion. Monday niiilil. Ciipl. Theo­dore
M, Lang, 2!)'j- Woodcleft ave­nue,
was appoinlert to serve until
the villiiBe rlcctioi .s held on Tuos-diiy.
March 1.5, wh-n a trustee to
serve a full \\\n-\ MT term will be
eltHied.
Disapprove Application
For Business Zone After
Hearing the Owner Speak
Tla' Fveeporl HarlMii' Civics A.s-suciiilioii
re-ilera'.eti it,.s oiipo.sit Ion
to rraoniiiR 6£ 2ftD feel of South
Mr, tiniith's brii
natliin, ilalesi .lam .
•'(t IS Willi nme-i
lo Ua- pr-*",ssn!e <>
I iiuiss submii 111,
the Board oi Tr-r
lagc (il I'reeixiH, t.
niediulei.V-"
Trustee Smith was Q;IIDinted to
letter of resi|4-
•y 7, f,-a,1:
reel el tliat due
!)usiiies>. 1 find
. e.>.i|»iiiUioii from
ees ot (he Vil-t.
ike flleet iui-
! S^Jt l i l t H J I l I I ^ i lE i ,l=.t-Ll Jl.?. '/I l u i i . ^ i l d i l l N t ..-^. « . .,'^vi -, ,t„ , . r CT n i Trustee Smith was Q;iii.)inted to
^ A^\^ „ „.i- / '^ 1 A^ t \ l ^ ^ ^.^-^-.^^^ to rraoiuuR ol 2ftt) feel of South I ,. , , , ^ „ ^ ^
o r t h w e s t CiviCs O b s e r v e s Urove.tveet,«of thcpreeport'^"--j»-«^^^^^^^
[Yacht C • " '
,Power Squadron Meets
At Lombardo's Tonight
A General Meetiflg of the South
SIrore'Power Squadron will be held
totiiglit, at Guy Lombardo's East
Point House at 8:30 o'cipck. The
East Pohil Hou.se is locflte^^^at the
toot ol Grove street, Preeport.
This will be the first meeting lo
be attended by the New Members
of the Squadron,
BEEKELEY FHAiyttACY
OPEN ALL DAV BUKDAY
The Berkeley Pharmacy. 386 North
Main street, will remain open Sun­day
night until 10 o-clock, after the
(li-ug|tsts close during Uie afternoon
for the day. The telephone Is Pree-pdi't
B-5665.
Wiriwbrotfk''tiight" was" observed
by the Northwe,?t Civic As.sociatlon
Monday tught. at its uiuiitlily meet­ing
in the cafeteria of the Atkin.soii
school. At that lime a larpe delf-gatioii
ot newcoiner.s wlia have
bottght homes in the development
were invited to teli of .some of the
things they have found "laeklne "'
Heading the list were street lights.
police protection, street signs and
fire-alarms. There were more, but
wiser heads who have been through
the process, decided to proceed on
the installment plan.
Some of the newcotfiers wanted
oriiBtnental light slandard.s. How­ever,
VanBaar Brown, a past presl;
dent, explained the association had
their ijiterest .i.».V mind even before
they knew they were coming to
Preeport. He said representatives of
the organization had Interviewed
the developer ' and endeavored to
Induce him to run the power Itoes
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I , , , . „, . . -^ -^ I I". Pateraon, Dresldent ot tlie Calr
Yacht Club from Besidence to a I _. -.lo^i-pd
' , , _ , . . ,. n,, umhlaa Bronze Cp., ana ve-eiectea
^ 1- -; -,- . ^ ",^: ,™«H''=* " i".™*S|S:U*4^«tW9iWSl^'«^^ «" ^'^'^•
:^ J.«6tiftb.(r.te^0ay^.ttlg«*.- ^•'-^"i""*|llitteei and kept coustanEly on the
This action was taken ^tt^^ l^^ ^^^^^ing in-mU,my c^,',y g^th-
Samuel W-eveiK, n«'ner of the V^ov-\ ^^.^ ^^ ,( ^^g p,,.aib,e fg,. hira to
er.y. had outlined hl-s plans to;^ • * > « « , ,^^ A , „ off,.«, of the Brook-plot,
with the assistance ot Alan ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ Mannfae
VoUmer. his counsel, and appealed
Red Devils Triumph
Over Valley Stream
Freeport Is Confident
Of Sewanhaka Meet
To Be Played Fridpty
Tlie Preeport High School Red „ ..
Devils who pulled a "lost" game out land have a depth of 100 feet, leav
of the fire and defeated Central ] ing ihe reinalnUig S40 feet as a
High School of Valley Stream last parking field except for a land-turel-
s Trust Co.. since a merger, on
October 13, his knowledge of bank­ing
has resulted In iiim handling the
annual budget aiwl other financial
, , I details of operatinif the village. He
feet froni the street , „ . ; • . „ n.
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to the civic members to give it their
con.Hidcration.
He said the plot had a depUi of
740 feet, that the stores would'be
set back 100
laiDohhins WiU Be Feted
At Testimonial Wednesday
lA-n Dobbins, 22 PearsuU avenue, for 24 years a rcferei-at
U'a«lin« coUegiate football Msmies, includuig UH- last lUut
i .; at the Army-Xavy conic'sl.s, is lo be f « • " ; ' ' ' " f I f /.
•L Freeport Elks clubbous.', next \\cdnesd«y "Mli » .f-W
otioek On the coiiimitttf ol arran}«emenls aie Nil n i l "•
AllV'tl Volinier, Wiiliiun S. AshJey, lu^tul eotieh ol Pret.porl
f l i Scbcol football tra.m Harry Kbbels tui.l N.e H|U.S Fa^
• uu l-ornicr eoaeh ,«.f tin- Lawrence High sdnx.l hx thai!
s(iuii<l More than KW IHISQIIS are expet^ted to attend-the
Mr. -Dobbins has announced his ; pordhacn during his collegiate days,
retirement as a collegiate football | He was the organizing president ot
Friday by a score ol 73 lo 72, on the
loser's home court, will take on
Sewanhaka tomorrow night In the
local "gym" in its second game in
Section 1. of the South Shore Ath­letic
League.
The victory was Preeport's fourth
win in six starts as it lost a- non-l^
gue gatne to Oyster Bay on the
l9cal court, •Wednesday, January 4,
on the latter's gywi.
central took the leadr.2* to 18 in
the first quarter," InoreaBed its edge
40 to 23 at the half way. mark,
then the Red r>evils showed then
true disposition by dvercomtng the
22-poiBt margin and enc^ng Jtist one
point on top. George Emma, whose
goal appears to be to exceed his
434 points of last year, accounted
for 44 ot his team's counters, con-
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scaped buffer zone of 6 or 10 leet
for the protection of the residential
property in the rear. He explahied,
it was proposed to have one small
super-market, a bakery, a dellca-lessen
and a barber shop with per­haps
a beauty parlor. The parking
field, he ftdde(l. would be available I Hospital. She
on Sundays for the use of fishermen j joj,„ Marie,
Mayor Glacken Father
Of Ne-w Baby Daughter
A bouncing 8 pound 10 ounce
daughter was born to Mayor and
Mrs. 'William P. Glacken, 255 SoUth,-
side avenue. Sundav In the Preeport"
liius been named
using the Preeport Oshlng station
across the street, thils making driv­ing
on Grove street safei'.
Mr, Stevens, said an application
tor the change of zoning had,been
filed with the Planning Commission
for the third time, and was before
that body for consideration. He also
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The little arrival has a big broth-er,..
WilUam Pr.Jr., uged 6, and twc>'^
slaters, Mary EHzabfth. 4, a«d Molra.
Gene. Stb. The mother is the former"
Miss'Mary W. Eeilly. Mrs. Joseph
P. Glacken, 239 Buy Street, is grand
mother. The mat<{riial grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. James F Bellly,
242 South Ocean avenue.
official and agreed to serve -next
season as an observer and rater of
the scholastic officials for the Nas-
-sau County Football Coaches As­sociation.
. Referee Dobbins .played schoHstlc
football for Brooklyn Preparatory
School and was an end star for i grid coach.
the Fathers' and Boosters' CluiJ.of
Preeport High School.
Atfibng those expected as guests
at the dinner are Sheriff Vollnier.
who will preside; Asa Bushnell, head
of the Eastern I.C.A., Ray Bar'buttj
and Lou Little, Columbia* University
Police Seeking Dog
Which Bit Aged Woman
Mr.s. Catherine 'Lynch, • age 77
years, of 152 South Ocean avenue.
Preeport, while walking on the stde-
»-alk at the northwest corner ol
Merrick road and South Ocean avc
100 Unity Party Workers Hear
Mayor At Fre-electimx RaU/y,
Muvv than 100 in.-nfhers of t h e . l n H v P-^>^%»']l;i:if,,'t\
ti i)it-(lee!i<Hi canilHii.i^n rally heUi m (.uv Lmahardo:. hast
I'oiiil l!(HiJ.e Tiu'S<lay nigh'
Former Mayor Rol)ert L, Doxsec
ofJleiateri as master of ceremonies
and gave one of'hjii flrey, patriotic
nue, at 6:46 Saturday morning. Jan- 1 talks In paying tribute to the ad-uaJ-
y 1, was bitten on the right fore- ! ministration
arm by a German Police dog. This
announced and Curd Viebrock, and
,a village judge lor the full-three
year term, ' 'i
Mayor Glacken reviewed achieve­ments
of thladtiHinstration dualng
dog was on a lea,sh, being led by Its
otii'ner.
Anyone knowing -the owner or
,the %Vh8reabouts of f^sUd dog. please
notify the Freeport Police Departs
ment, . •
He explained that at .the election (the fiscal year closing oh February
on Tuesday, Mart.-h IB, fourppsltlons i SB, next;. He cited improvements
would be filled, that of Mayor to | planned for South Grove street, the
succeed WlUlairt P. Glacken, two j completion of the Mill Road wlden-trusteeshlps,
to foJloWi Capt." Robert | Ing , and : the . s t a r t ' of the 'Weat.
M. Lang, named to succeed Leonard j Merrick road project, completion ef
D. B. Smith livhoise resignation was I (Continued on Page 4}
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