The-Leader_1955-05-19

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FREEPORT, N.Y., THURSDAY, MAY Id, 1955 i4^>> as FIVE CENTS-PER COP I
ILL FRIEPO
JCMiItoii Foreman, 79,
NminenrResi^^
fis^InFreepoitHoiiic
' Large Property Owner
; Ran.Lundber Biisiness
\ In Village S9 Years
; l C. MUton Foreman; 79, owner slncf-hardware
businesses Searing his
mniB, died yesterday moi-nlng at his
iorfle. 20 South Oceati avenue. H<:
liaiJ been in' poor health far twn
-jasar Jind seriously' I f f t t e pasfr tlirei.'
•* weeks.
i A phllantairopJst who preferred to
mafce contributions without : pub-1
licity, Mr. Foreman was & former i
9chool Board memtier, an ex-fire-J
jpan of Hook mod Ladder Company
No. 1, an officer to ImnlJer"dealers'
groups, und a fonner vice-president
• of toe Ph-st Na£!ona] (now Meiidow
Brook I National BnnK. He "Was a
laipc p»opBrt>'_ovmEa" .In. the ylU^ge.
" Born .in Preeport, he_ abtepded
- Brooklyn Polytechnic laitttufortSfta
' c r Ills , iaj±»er,->-'W^illlam WwrBitiattrJ-died,
hetoolc over 'flie lumbei- .biisii-ne-
ss a t the «ee or 21. -The loo-year-old
business v,os, orlg:inB]ly ivt South-
Mam stree: and AtJajitlc avenue,
wlieie bonta carrying lumber used
to dock; Mr. Foreman's father, a
school trustee end teacher, helped
to ittooniorate the vlUagge of Free-j
port. He moyed 'the lupberbusiness
to Its preseht CommeroEal, street
site. "• \ " ' .
! Tile body .is reposing a t the Ches­ter
A. Fulton ad soJjTJuheral Home
until xonaorrow (Frlday>aioon,.Sei:-
lilceb will be held. ^Way: afternoon
at 2 o'clock ta the Firs^'Presbyterian
Church, of which Mr.-Poremtfh.was
a member, with the Jtov. A. "Ciordon
iClacilury officiating. Burl-ul will be
m GreciUrield Cemetery, Hempstead,
,^Mr. Forehlaa had'never'married,
ije la swrvlyed by_"D. sistw;. Mi's." Al-tlredTT.'
tSivlso'n 6f-Oa£3en City.
They're Foreyei^blowing Bubbles
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Salvation Army Drive
Nears Halfway Mark
i Reports received Monday night in
^ headquarters, IS Church street,
j shewed the $3,000 mark had been
passed in the preeport Salvation
jArhiy o«-p*s onnual'^'appeala, the
I goal for which has beei'i set at
; $6,SO0.
Campaign Chairman Robert K.
Plllmore Issued an appeal for all
leaders of the drive to have up-to-date
reports ready to submit, at the
gathering next Monday night, sc as
DO ascertohi Jus I how succe&sfuUy
;he appeal is getting along. He liopes
th«t Hit ga&l wilt be i^ached by
'the end of the month so the drive
oan be brought to a close.
Citizens Committee
Meets at Atkinson
Nassau Sheriff iKes
At Hospital Sunday
After Brief Illness
Republican Leatier Served
County Last 23 Years;
Town G.O.P: Chairman
Preeport, home town of Sheriff H.
Alfred Vollmer. joined all of Nas- '
s«u County this week In mourning
the loss of Mr. Vollmer, who died
early Sunday after hwltig been
cHtlcally HI since the preceding
WcdMe.sday. His death at South
Nassau Communities Hospital,
.Oceanside. resulted from A per­forated
peptic ulcer. The sheriff, 58
years old, resided at lis Harrison
avenue, " "•
Mr. Vollmer was Republican
Leader of Preeport. Chairman ot
the Hempstead Town Republican
Committee, Presldentof the Roose­velt
Federal Savings and Loan
A.ssoclation, otid a diiector of Souoh
Nassau Communities Hospital,
lllghly Varied Care.er ._, ._ .
Bora. Irt Manh-attftn where he was'
- - - ZIPPER'S TnARBlACV ' - "'_
TO STAXPPEN StWDAY
lzippe.r's Phftfmacjr, S&" South
C5rov'c street, will he kept open un-th
10 o'clock Sunday ntght after
the. other 'stores In Frceport close
• duririg yie aftemcoit for the rest
of the day."'Its phone number Is
Freeport- 8-9«9.
^•neetiiiB' a t the Lcgtan dugrout Tbiiis^ay, night ehase 'balloon^, bome of
•'"»^WCl» »ave m^ney iri'tJiem;'A' toiar'of 560 was^disbiirsfid to lucky ntun-htr^
at the mceiine, which vraa Uie club's-Baldwin nigbt.
GXi^P^ M-oney Flows Freely
It CUASUoMe Carlo Ni,h.
- U)e Freepprl Rciniblican Club liad an unusuul **M<nitc
Carlo Ni^it" lasl Tluireday sit llie Legioo .Dugpul. Twn
events orlginateil by Saimicl tierbpr,: ;Presitfeiil,{ pVovMletl
jfi^iit-anuiseinient. '"• '' ""'' -'""'' """ " "* '
Upon- e^iewng" the room, each
person ;ireiJ«3viBii a piece of. paper
.wlBivliinuiniaerLm lt.',fte or.she wss
jat*r.ttiKifta-'5K look- under chatos to
find the^^pie-color papers with the
sarae^Milriber oil It. I{^;iie found a
typed amoutti «if-Blther 110, ^ or
$1 'oia;^p>e piper, h e was entttted' to
claiiaitiMitSstoiiS^. .'i~i'-/ ".. •:. •••
'iteT'DthefcfS&la iment-jiiaa -ire*.
I.I54 *na is -sOU gaitting,-;It was
•arniaunced. _;_ ---—-; : - .
,.,,iMr^Gerber. thanked -.yMrS: Ethel
Gilbert and ber'-committee for' their
<outetanditng work li) condwcUng iSie
relent card party which netted $488.
, ttjKO i%!fen§|_ behds, ciii whicti
;iha(m •wei«f.ieM,-«erefawaRled to
Cij4m^i,.iJohiiiSjii^Hn(%^,litts..,.f^^
ini|er, Jr, fttoi.—ifigerrtiEsoeived-15
Ieasa#iMocin55irtMl= :^Sfe,«#>gj|«EBt^sen|,4as!t. TfywB:
sopM^aidnf•a.pOTuiitety^ dirthcnt:
and hOias toitoimi number what-boeyers
"riie -cluS gisve away $30 in
each contest.- ; , '
I t was also "Baldwin Night." .with
a laj^e is-qup Irpo^i t h a t cbroiAunlty
in attendancei'/A^fi^ionySJilirah^^
f urntstee'^ WiMc; W
cJutfs—iliiHaUjarflnip,- has—ecowii to
CkmmmutyCoumMtoJ^
Annual yieetirig Tot^mMmg
' The nnnual mectiii}» of t!)o Frocpori Conumiiiitj'] Cuiincil
i.u tbo Municipal Buikling Tiicstlay nijjht wiil be dcVotetil to
the subject of public iiousiiifi »ii<l the progress mude-by-vil-lafle
authoritieslin tlie rehabilitation of rental housing in Uie
Beniiiii{»tonPark aiva. j^ "7 ^~
ture as it appears to them at this
time. .^
Building Superintendent WUbert
X>cMo(,t will speak on the work the
village Euilding Department has ac­complished
ta-requiring owners or
Cliarles Jones, Director of Cdm-munity
Services, .New York State
Division of 'Housing, wjlU' explain
ttie provisions ot the fitate housing
program.
' ' I t L? e;cpected t h a t John M. Woer-iicr
Chairman ,of the BVeeporfc
Rousing- Authority! and Lester
'Saufflann, Counsel to .that Au-
,' thiorlty, will state the over-all plc-sub-
staudard houses to rehabilitate
them, , • ' _
The public Is Invited.
^Rf-nliflit.
- is^Hrteetve from Ufc.Briatera within
' G i b l y n T e l l s M e m b e rs
Board NVill Delay Plans
To Assure Good Building
If Preeport "voters 'approves the
Milburn Pond area as a hiuh school] a .lamplighter durtog his boyhood.,
Uit6..auij8 A5„ thij„ SchQQl,3o8i,iaJ.„wUl,l Shisrltt.Volhnej'. hud, B.hiehly • varlea'
•aelay adoption ot building plans mi--! career"ln"'the "ijuslncss world, gov-"
til It finds a design not-only Weill brnment, pdHaearieQ-derslxlp Navy
suited to the district's necd.s. but service, civic activity «nd as an or-ako
the bAt possible buy for the ganizer of groups for the better-
^T^^ „ „ ,.. . , I hient of unfortunate persons. '
Leo F. Qiblyn, board president.! His t,ody imposed at *he Rlehard
A. HungerfonJ Punenal 'Rams until
Tuesday noon, when it was taken to
the lodge room pt tihe Klfcs Club and'
lay In state there troip^a F. M. un­til
W Jp, M. Hrem«n's services were
held at 8 oirttfck, Legion, rites at
«j|6-:iqd Haks'Tgei-vtoes •a*-e;«S-.-- - '"'
itfc^a'iargew;fl*tea(ied.s«Tloes yea-+
tesdfly,.,al!. itf-A, ..M,. lii Ate- Epis­copal'
Church of the rPrajiBflfiira-tlon,
of which tJie Sherlti!-mwM ft
memtier. l^urkl followed In Oreen-fleld
Cemetery, Kempstead. "
Mr, .VoUjng5_ta j,OTvlve4 te his .
.(Ooiflftilea^ffla'Wie 4) -
gave that assurance Tuesday night
to the Citizens Committee at its
meeting In the Atkinson School. He
added that the officials will study
all the good buildings on Long
Island before it chooseB a plan for
submis^on to ;thB"1as|iayws;, ~ r;
_. A rejSil iroh|^the »pW0hfto«yey
feiftrhittle was giyiii b|lMrii3iiaQS^
Binge#^ntf" Mrs'; _Harry*"PBldkffii£
This group of women wlli 'vfslt
homes'-next week.and answer Ques-.
tions about the site proposition.
.They wUt-carry with them mimeo-graphea'AUesClon-
and-answer streets
prepared by a fact-finding commit­tee
Qitder chairmanship of Julius
Bii|teathal."" ' _ •
,.;Jidmtiad. . Lnmtoy," --jRy-publlci^:
-Iliiialrmap,'described•"'or-bcoehtoe. he
t h e vjje^fe; feSTlays-^HBohtalnlnt jh-fOi|
inati(Jii' afcmut voting, a letter
troini the Befool Board, a graph
StUlunarlzlng date on Freeport's de-yelopm^
t, an explanation of how
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^'|ii§iil2Ma^'''lonigIit"".
ta observance of the feast of the
Ascension a special mass will be
celebrated at 7:30 o'dock this eve­ning
m Our Holy Redeemer R. C.
Church. IKfosses were to be heW this
•horning at 6, 7, S and 9 o'clock.
^-T'-.
T0;-Sttpp<»et'-lOiiiyi^
; .li%s...WllUfTO.J4l&rtei, Sr., rep-.
:r*sfhilhg 'i&^:--i^^^pi^\,Couimvmlts
jcaneferts ;ii&<fcftiUon,5JKiad&^»;- 'aRi
peil .t£jca«nbers ot.^&ik Bschange
eiub-«»-sttpporfe^jaie^eoncerir-pro- • - • - < , • _ — , -.^ e * r^
Iiilrs. .ManUn, said "the Assoelatidni
; h a s ' picked, two/oute^ndihgnunir
|bers t h a t will toteres^men especliHy
;for its 1955-56 prograjh. One is the
piano quartet number ithat' has
proved so popiUar on teIevl.<ilon,
^'here four pianos are played at
once.' Tlie other.is a chorus of 11
male voices, which also ,has proved
pcpular wherever It has appeared,
I'ickets for the season's program
of-four concerts are olily $6, Mrs.
Martin pointed out,' which she said
Is exceptionally low dor the cali­bre
of ialent :that will be presented,
Mra, Martin received "an ovation
frbm-tlic club after she had .been
prei^eRted by her husband, WilUam
J. Martin,- Br., a former president.
For Episcopal (gvM Tuesday
Tlie Spring Musicalc Of the Frcepinrt Coninmnitj' Choral,-
directed by Robert T, Tavis and sponsored by the Guild of
tlic Ei)isf.opal Church of the Transfigiiralion, will be held
next Tuesday night at 8:30 o'clock hi the Columbus Avenue
Sctiool"auditorium. Ticltets, one dollar, inay be purchased
at the door.
Mr. Tavls has arranged a program
with seflecllons from ''The Desert
Song," "New Woon" and "Carousel."
There will also be several selecUAns
by a string quartet and by a piano
quartet. Soloists are John Herllhy,
Mary Jane Von Grasb'eek; Emma
Olsen, Richard Close and Andy,
Splescla
the choral, will play for the String
Quartet, made up of a group of her
friends.
Mrs. Vstd Gt. Frankel Is president
of the I<adles Guild and is being as­sisted
In planning- the evear, by a
larg^ committee of both men and
Jean Houghtcn, accompanist of women.