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mm VOTE SET
VoOmer Guesi Star
In Surprise Program
Stfli Ficeepoii Republicans
Witness'Show Produced
By Mrs. Adelaide Aimes
;SheriIf H. Alfred VolUner of Pntf-port
was guest on a surprise "TIIIK
IS Your Life" program staged Muv
' i ' a f a largely"attendefl" meeting i:r'j
the Hempstead BepubUcaii Club m
the Legion Hall, Hempstead.
Mrs. Adelaide Brail Almes, a nis-ni-ber
of the club who formerly resiric:!
in Preeport, wrote the TV-l£ke show'.
She also was author of a sitn)li>r
program the same night honoriiij;
Snlvatore MUone, RoclcviUe Cej.lri-
Republican leader. Mrs. Barnfj
Itoque, the sheriff's daughter, cciiii-pUed
information for the show about
Mr. VoUmer.
Secret Kept
Sheriff Vollmer was persuaded to
attend because he expected to serve
on an "I Have a Secret" fianel.
After J j t starteil; to leave, tpnowlng
^. the SalVatojre.Milpne tribuW, Sur-
Centre reVealed 'tlje, secret iliatTl^iij^
Vollmer. too, woidd be the subject of
a **Th& Is ' ^ o u r Life" program.
Mrs. iledwlg Vollmer of tSToodslde.
bis e5>Fear-old mother, bis son Alan
V. and daugljter-ln-law Hyacinthe
VoUnier of Preeport, and two sistera.
Marguerite, pcofessor of health ed-ticatlon.
a t Columbia ttoivorslty. and
Mrs. Dora Karrenberg of Woodside,
were brougM Into, the room besides
his dai^hte# llrs. Bowe.
, Those present enjoyed seeing p\o
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Judge Dons Robe Of Office Salvation Army Drive
At $2,676 On Monday
Contributions to the 1955 Salva­tion
Army fund raising campaign
totaled $2,B76.*?5 it was reported at
the first weekly gathering of work­ers
Monday night in headquarters,
15 Church street. This was an­nounced
by Robert N, Piiitnore, drive
chairman, who remarked this ap­proximated
40 per cent of the |6,S0O
goal set for the appeal.
Of the total about $1,000 was re-ceiveji^
ln,;«dvanoe -gifts-^anniajnced,
h y ' D r . Mltton B: Waldman. The
rest constitutes mainly contributions
sent in by nial! in response to a
letter sent out before the campaign
got underway. Whe nthe various
groups submit their reports next
Monday Jitghl. Mr. Fillmore ex­pects
the total m'ill sliow a sub­stantial
increase • over this week's
figures.
J0ii|i|l}iei; Maintaining
' 'ZrilSiiiiaity-Csilmila^
-The Frtepbw jOh^inl)err.or Oom-
- „'i,,^rr]-f smi nJtUiiiBjiis -aj^mmunlt)'
t ^jji^^lMdar.-.OiBanl^WPiina,^^^ urged to
^;^ffl^fe^raates,.«ff.^lj|fcjo .avoid
r - cpnflicis.-.-
-joisms jiKm"im SHNOAI..., "L..
'"'• The. Cannon-^FRarpacy *at B,
^Sbulh Main street will'stay open
until, 10 o'cIooK Sunday nlgtit after
, OlJjejr pharinaoies In ilreeport closfe
during the afternoon for the rest
of the day. I ts phone number is
Preeport 8*0041,
foUcB Justice Paul Kelly dons his new magistrate's rirtie a t ceremonies
before a recent court session. SajEauel Saffromoff of Merrick, President
of the South Nassau Lawyers Association, right, helps the Juflffe while
Freeport Police CtUef Peter Elar smiles a-provinfly.
Kelly Wears Robe on Bench
Police Juaiiff Pmil KeUy wore lils new M«{|istrate's robe
for the first time at the Freepbrt Police Court sesst<ni Tiics-tlajV
May 3,
Samuel Baffranoff. president of
the South Nassau Lawyers Associa­tion,
had the honor of presenting
Judge KftUy his new rober A Judge,
he aaldi to a lawyer clothed with a
robe of his office.
Mr. Saffranoff called Judge B;eUy
a man so well versed In taw a n*
human n&ture that he is respected
wljerever be goes. Be referred, to a
plaiiue awarded to Freeport recent­ly
by tbe^merican Bar Association
for his court procedure.
Also present were eight students
fron^ the Preeport High School
driving class with tl)$i£4!i§t!ructor.
WlUIani Asliley. '
Jmige-Kelly gave a short talk to
Jthe students. He said that through-out~
1ii8 tarave!sitt''^^oiw::^arts of
tlje--tTMt&''StateS'af;teftaHi§"'8iErety
loruBjs.aiJd coi%reiJces, the greatest
jcanse-of accidents i& speeding, ea-pedally
by youths between 16 and
28, ^Yoaiig people are inclined .to
speed Just to see how fast they can
go, he warned, but it isn"}. worth
It: He said 80 per cent of fatal ac­cidents
eould be'"avoided.
Merchants Qrqup Entdling
Many Stores, Wassel^eports
AI Wassel, president of the, Freeport .Mercliants'Asso-cialio'ii,
announce<l this^ week that the campaign to enroll the
i\it!t"cha"nfai\of Freeport as inembers; building up a strong
organization that can become a power in Freeport, was
progressing Mcelj',
.Despite" the .fact that some mer­chants-
have been out of town and
ptliers have.been tinavElIable when
ylalted^ ,the main offices of majxy
chaiif- stores liave to be contacted
before they can "sign up/' app^id-matefy
50^ soutli;ft4aln street and
West Meriiclc-road stores had paid
itiielr dues to date. ^~"7 .
GeoJia w . Goellef, who Has been
retained to visit all merchants and
give invltatloiis to Join the associar
tlon, will soon start his visitations
in other areas as soon as the streets
mentioned have b^en completely
covered, it waa said.
Mr. Wassel also thanked LEADER
staffer Jo^n C. Carroli for his efforts
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Legion Post Announces
Scrap IMve Sunday
The William"'Clinton Story Post
No. 3^2 of the American Legion,
S^QOrt, wUl hol4 a scrap and
pQfier- dKtve this coming Sunday.
AU fueeport homeowners a re
.urged to place scrap paper, rags
and metal at their curbs for pick-
H pcommenclng at 9 o'clock Sunday
morning.
Proceeds derived from the sexap-drive
are deisoslted to the Post's
welfare fund, used for • veterans In
the various Long Island hospitals.
little l e a p e Opens
Widi Brief Ceremony
Glacken and-Caverly- -
Urgeyjunioi' IBlayers
Freeport *s Little League season
was launched Saturday morning
with a parade and ^ieremoniea'Wt
the Elks Club grounds on w S t
Merrick road. Mayor William P.
Olacken tossed out the first ball
to a group of youngsters In baseball
uniforms.
Joseph Oaverly, village Recreation
Director, told the boys that never
teefore had so niiafty of them had
such an opportunity to |>articlpate
In bas^all .Qianks to the time a
lot of men have given t o make the"
lilttle League possible. He urged that
the youngsters give full co-operation.
Commenting that eyerybod makes
errors and the boys should refrain
from razstng playera.'who muff the
ball now and then, he said, "Even
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15 Acres Will Cost
District $1S,000;
Site Owned By City
Citizens Meeting Held
At Atkinson Thurs^aiyi
Sentiment Is Favorable
The Preeport Board of Education
has set Wednesday, June IS. ws the
date for a referendum on a pro­posal
to acquire 16 acres of the
Milburn Pond tract facing on West
Sunrise Highway, as the site for a
new Preeport High Scliool at a cost
of $18,000 fixed by tlie Board of
Estimate of New York City. The
property involved is that fronting
on West Sunrlese Hlgliwny.
In addition, Ute Board is asking
an additional amount, not to ex­ceed
$'?,000. to cover the cost of
Incidentals In connection with the
acquisition of the property. If the
project is approved, tlie money will
be taken from surplus funds and no
bond Issue will be Involved In t he
transaction.
Details of the. plans wete. tiut^.
j n M by-teo E. Qlblyn, preMdent oti
the Board of Education, a,nil:COon-'
SBr"0smBlass Lawrence at a largely
;faw»na«!jiiEt)a!J!itaB «{ -the .Citizens
Conunfttee In the Atkinson. School
last Thursday night. The committee
Immediately recommended unani­mously
that the Board proceed with
the referendum and other necessary
details.
Baymond H. Malone, eo-ohalr-man,
presided. Mr. Lawrence traced
the history of- the movement. He
told of how aome years ago t he
village recelved^an easement on the
enttoe 2S acreSrJbf the MUbum Pond
area as a site'for a park and then
found the cost of going ahead with
the project wqutd be prcdilbttive. i
Then something more than a^yeiM'
ago, he said. It was reaiteei tliat i ts
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f^tesHetiyi^aag Concert
.Preeport rcmmunitr Orchestra mcmhcri. So! Vmiin and Nornia.
Bladden, aAuOiie poster held by lir. J.-Maynard .Wettlaiifer, whiidt
annoimces^itast^JUiebr jP'onii's"Fifth Aiuuial Sjirfng; Concert,.will be
presented at theFnei>t>rt.B. C.Aiidltiiiinm.on MoBdajr^l^ 16, a t fjlS
o ' c l o c k . ' - •-':";„ ' • • ' • ^ ' _ , .
Legion and Vf .W«
|i>fl|raPoro^Ml
; _Pr««eds-of Anmudi'Drive •
Made By Disabled Vets
The Auxiliary of William Clinton
Story Post. American Legion, will
open Its Poppy Drive this Pridasj,
•pie sale will continue through-ftSe-morlal
Day, May 30.
The poples are hand-made by
disabled veterans. Tills is their
means of raising money and Is also
part of the rehabilitation program,
Mrs. WlUard Helland is poppy sale
Chairman.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars will
Inaugurate their 1965 Poppy cam­paign
at the Freeport railroad sta-"
Won, banks and a t other Various
points in the Village.
The Veterans of. Foreign Wars.
sold the .first replicas of the Plan-ders
Field poppies on a natlonaJ
scale on Mf^Rioriail Day 1922. In 102S
the National Encampment decreed
t h a t . 0)0 popples sold by the Vet-eirans
of Foreign Wars must be made
by disabled veterans. In 1924 dis­abled
veterans In Pittsburgh made
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