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Weyraiicii Addresses
AdanfieSoufliUiiit
A| Meeting Ihursday
Counsel Telia Meidbers
Village is Responsible
For Drainage Ditch
TBe village has ossumed full re­sponsibility
for a drainage ditch
ivtilcli niiis behind 35 'homes facing
on Roosevelt and South Bay ave-mies,
from Bay street south two
blaclcs to Casino street, tlie Atlantic-
South CJivic Association was told last
-Tliursday -by -Martin H. Weyraiich,
Preeport .VlJlag© Counsel.
Meanwhile, _he said, ft qult-clalta
deed has b.eeli.aslied from the Ran-.
dall Estates, original developers ol
the wea. Mayor WlUlatn F. Gtecl£«n
has urged people who reside aloag
the ditch to help keep it clean, MR-Weyraucto.
declared, pointing otit
tliat t,he confinement of streams lo
narrow channels Is an outgrowth.
of PreepoM'B-ohongo ^|tom ~a-mrat-oommunity
to a "small city" ot
about 38.000 pppulatlon within 'm^
years.-;—- -- -- - ——- -- --—^ -'•---
i A l^etttlbn Brqnglit Aou«n -;
•^'r-:..vmage-'einiiloy^^ee ..deaj-e'd catoh-
-«;3ta|ili|i.Jiloinf. jj;b,e ditcili rd,cently,
i t was rgpoj'ted by ^Walter** Wood,
chairman nx the elvlp.group's com­mittee
eho.<ien to seeli improvement
of Uie drain. He said a petition
from the association got Immediate
attention by the Village Board But ••
Mr. Wood urged Uiat the'civic group !
^go further—tJiat it t^emand ex-ension
to BandaM Bay of a culvert
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Ddughiel" Indycts Mother In Auxflfary Simandl WSI Play
In AU-Star Lacrosse
Jerry aimandl of Preeport has
been invited to play In the All Star
North-South ijtcrosse game In
Baltimore, on Friday.
A senior at Hofstrft Coliege. he
has led his team in the highest
number of goals and assists In La­crosse.
At a Sports dinner on Thursday.
Ire was awarded a Trophy for beini;
tlie IWo.st Valuable Player, and
"Howdy" Myers, Hofstra's -coach,
said that he was one of the. finest
attack men in the country.
Annual Fatber-Son
Breakfast Sunday
Event at Hks Club
To Hear W. C. Kernan
The annual father and'son Com­munion
breakfast of the Holy Name
sSslety of Our Holy Bedeeaier B.O-Ghuroh
is to be heia tn the Eltes
oMiljhonsB Sunday ^t 9;i5>_p;qlDcls.
It win lie preceded by a cemraunipn
ma.«is at 8 "to be celebrated by 'the
' HeV.John J. iniiflden, moffcifttor ol
the aoeiety. Father Madden also will I
llborn Pond Tract
Ofteed To District
At Cost of $25,000
Women Cover VMIa^^
To Explain Proposal;
State Approves Choice
A large vote is' expected next
Wednesday, June IS, on the pur­chase
of a senior high sdhool site
at Milbum Pond.
On registration day last Saturday
1,443 persons added their names to
voting list. As 1,689 who registered
(or tiie annual sdhool district meet­ing
May 3 were carriisd over on the
rolls, a total of 3,082 have qualified
to cast ballots Wednesday between
noon and 9 o'cloclt at night In the
High Sohool auditorium,
A. proposition, up for approval,
would authorize the School Board
to buy about 15 acres at the Milbum
Pond, spending up to $2S,ilOO for ttie
land and all Ineidontal expenses om '
of working, oaptal, with ho Increase
111 tax rate. • - . •-•
2. Nearly 300 women, repteseittlns
th«-Gltizena-Con»ij4tteerttWfl~{iiiJle^^
n ftouse-toihOTisB campaign expIalRi "
-tog the proposal. - „.^
Leo P. GiWyn, School Boarii Pres,
ble ' ^ 0 h sciiGat '^Mtes were studied
Mrs. Mary Martin, president of tlie American lerlon Auxiliarr, plus
a membership pin on her mother. Mrs. Anna M. Brown, at recent
meeting of unit, Mrs. Brown, long » resident ot Mtaeola, is the wldqw
of Lieut. Thomas J* Brown of the Garden City Police Department.
National Biscuit Plans
To Build Freepoirl Pliiit
The National Biscitit Compafty
will build a distaributing center soon
at 165 East Merrick road just west
of the new Wesaer Thermometer
plant. Police Chief Peter Elar .signed
the papers Monday-BelBig Ws fam-ily's
old homestead for "Use'•as a
iciiipoiSfy,JtoialHiiarehouse -where
J h e bafcinlf Wmu wltt-load its pt>d
.lUctB .on4ruc|ts for shipment to^Long'
jili|i3:,CilStoa«exS„-,,;.^ - .:-'.-:: —
-i Parking ji»ace • wjll be provided.
tTh^ sitjftTTwp} a f j ^ t a g e of about
150 feet and SOO^eet deptilv was
first occupied by the Ea«r family in
1880. The ftiUce Chlcrs father, An­thony,
mgiiitained there one of
toeeport's last fanns. Chief Sar
has a new toomo at 542 Southstde
avenue/
EIlcs, Legion, V.FM'. To Hold
Joint Flag Day Ceremonies
The Freqjor Elks <:hib, llu- Amerkan r.tginn and the
Veterans of Foreign Wur arc nhscrvhig Fliig Day on rhiirs-day
evening, June 16, al the Frceport Elks Chibhoiise cm
Merrick road.; Fret!;pm'l,-N. Y, •;
The Bev. WiUlam C. Godfrey of
b.v ropresenlntlves of the S(«ite Bd-oftlciute
n.s toastmaster at the) ucatlon Department, wliich urged
the proposed site as tile best. He
added that it removes no property
from the tax rolls and "is very welt
suited (or a hlgli scliool building, as
Scotit g a w p "Ifflfc^StommunitrTre^^
i5f the Redeemer, .TOe gener^ public
is cordially Invited. __
Flag Day -mm- originated by the,
-JRepiiblican Club Giving
Extra Prizes Tonight
Rxtra door prizes will be awarded
the Chiurch..of.411e Redeemer, Mer
rick, will make the principal Flag
pay.s|)eech,r- .-• •^- - ^^^^^- -
:.. Mve. Jlagfl-ji3u. bfeMesented ~ one
Jo each of the-faUbwJngI7Boy Seotit
.a*oop...7t,^J3oy^asffiutJ^aBpj23,..-aoy4fi8?ft<JfflftCe..-J©^ each
B.P.0.1h in July, 1908, at Dallas,
Texas, and provided for the oljserv-ance
-of-^'Hag-ISy'^'wi Jjitie -I4th
and thfr-BliserVBnceof thiit day*as-
Stiborclinate "Lmlee. of ^ t e Order.
Thus - t h e ' Orfler of Elks was the
first, and as-yet, the only fraternal
organization which requires the
celebration of this eveiit.
breakfa.st.
Tiie speaker will t>e William C.
Kernan, of Scarsdale. N. Y.. who
was an Episcopal rector for 20 years
before he embraced Catholicism. He i «n«oa!ed by test liorings and otlier
i.s an alumnus of Yale University, a data" .
former member of the faculty ot
Episcopal General Theological Sem­inary
and presently public admini-
-stTAtor «f the School of General
Studies at Fordham University. He
headed a Cltlisens' Conunlltee
against Communistic Activities In
Scarsdale,
Mr. Kernan's' subject Is "Some
Pacts' In "My CSsaversion >to the
Catholic caiurch." -
- H:on#rs"are"toi»-ekteiided -to "thi-RB.
men, who—liave been, memitmm -oi
the-society for SO'yeaa-g. They- are
Daniei J. CErmlohiiel. cSSespoM-ing-
secretary, of the Diocesan Onion
of Holy Name Societies; Bdward
Porker and Andrew J. Cunningham
of Levlttown, formerly of Fi-eeport.
Ownerdhipjs Disputed
As Officials Ask Rent
After rTaxes are-Paid
_ ThereVs a wavr of indignation
isy the Preeport Republican at its' ''^""P ^^^ Preeport waterfront—and
meeting tonight in the Legion Dug;- j it's growing angrier. If you owned
out. Besides the five regular door land on the waterways."how would
prices, there will be four $5 ones for you feel If someone demanded that
those who turn In their raffle books you pay rent to use It?
at the meeting. - j Hempstead Town has the villain's
Other awardb planned are 10 spe- i role in this melodrama. The town
cial sets ..of elephants—four differ- is snatching property from tax-
Clainiiiig Land Along Waterways
ent...^sizes in a. set. Gjames and re-fresiiments
are also included.,
. The July meeting will liave special
entertainment and • surprises pro­vided
by the Freepott Hepubllcan
Recruits.
payers (even after they pay all
their taxes) and then saying, "If
you-*ant iii jftsg^ phis land, you must
come across wlUi rent evers.,yiear,"
Half a dozen property owners
A LEADER
Exclusive f
. TMs is wie In » series «rf
articles based <mt reseaWsh "toy
Tlie leadw'. st^f. •Wstcti- tjot
next wedi's "Ewltislve!"
shocking news in the past:-few
months. Plenty'jnorB will receive the
same treatment If letters 'from
Hempstead TOWM_ Hall gtt .unchal­lenged.:
' .„...,•--• ;.'-.-:;. ' •
Eroded t a n a CWmcd '
.• The victims, whose, unprotected
ngay-yards are beiiir washed away;
along Preeport waterways got Oiat lEipplieS'foe ^frmis^on to build bulk-
Weyraudi Authorized
By Preeport Fadiers
To BecoiUQ Awful Mad
heads. The U. a War Department
and f^retport ViUage: promptly
granted peraiits—6«t • Hempstead
Towil introduced a new angle. ' '
Those old deeds oreft't what they
seem to he, it is Implied l a letters
sent by A. H, Herbei^cr, TiBwn En-
!gineer, on advice,of Towii: Counsel
John Morhoiis, The messages from
ptempstead coritend thf t all land
under* Wodcleft Bay and panal and
aaiidall'Stty; up.to mean Wgh-TOter
miirk belongs to ,the towii—^o if an
owner of eroded pivperi$" wants to
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All Asked To Co-opearte
With Cleari-Up Week,
with Clean-up Week set to stait
next Monday, Mayor Glacken urges
everyone In Preeport to participate.
All properly should ije put. In
condition duilng the cirlve, but ^l- "
iage authorlti^ calia^special at­tention
to vacant late and, rql^blah,
whteij has accBMulated niar.bjtild-,
i n f s r l t r l s hoped people will:cleait^
gp the4e_una!a5itly,tspots voluntar*
lly-r—lf they-ne^lBot to do soTHie" fil­iate
5ia"conc®Sl-them to,-a.ct by
strictly enforcing an exMiiag ordl>
nance.
Special pickups by the Ssnltatton
Department are planned. The
schedule follows:
Monday 3usine£;$ area: Tuesday,.
|lennington P a r k ; Wednesday.
Northwest s e c t i o n ; Thursday,
Northeast section; Friday, South*
west, and Saturday, Southeast,
Legion Post Discontinues
Scrap Drives for Snminer
William Clinton S t o r y Post,
Ami^rican i^gion, has dlsconUnued
lbs paper-a,ttd scrap collection drives
iinttl autumn, it 1$ announced by
John ft. Blzzottt, chairman.
BEEBXBY PHABMACr
«C> .STAl" OPEN SUNDAY
injeBfrWec? Phannacy, 298 North
j&alivstreet, wOl be kept open untU
aTb'cIook Sunday night after tije
other drugstfjres In Preeport close
during the afternoon, (or the rest
of the day.- I t s phone number is .
Preeport 8-56S5.
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