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NOGHBORLY
NEWS
MRS. HAaBORO
199 S. BR00K3IDE AVE.
•FREEPORT'S OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER"
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FREEPORT BALDWIN ROOSEVELT MERRICK
19th Year, No. 39 FREEPORT, N. ¥.. THURSDAY. JANUARY 20. 1955
Stockholder With Perfect Record
Ubarles O. Smith, 191 West Merrick roftfl, a i right, fowner publisher,
who has aetended evay anniMl stockholders imeetlng of Freeport Bank
since 1892, with Jobn X Randall, president, stud W. Sarg-e»nt Nixon,
Executwe Vioe-PresWeilit and Cashier, at annual imeetinE held Tuesday,
January II.
Charles Smith Has Attended
Every Annual Bank Meeting
The Freeport Bunk was oigmiixcd iiMU'c (Juii» 60 yt'iu-s
ago by it grtiiip of iJiiblic-spiriUcl iiicn of tluit viu. low of
whom survive, bill mw vouiin man who look stock in the
vynltirt' launched liaclr in the e«iiy 'Nineties has been a
booster i'or tlic bank through six decades an a stockholder,
Charles D, Smith of 191 West
Merrick road, who was only a boy
when he attended the llfst meeting
"of the Freeport Bonk In 1892, has
estaWtshed a perfect record trf at-;
tending -every stocffioWers' 'aniiual
-meetipg since th^t" time. He w^
present at the the meetli^ last week,
as. the picture shown Bbove proves.
Mr. Smith, who has lived tor
many years la a house adjoining
the Pi-eeport EJks clubhouse on West
Metrick road, founded the Queens
Coiinty Review in Freeport back in
liBS. When Nassau County was es­tablished
in 1889 the name of the
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Freeport Allotted 10 Tickets
For Dodger Boosters Dinner
Freeport hag been allotted 10 tickets for llie Long Istsrud
Hot Stove Leagde of Dodyer Hoosters at the (iardeii City
jH<ik'l Monjlay iiighl. .laiiuary 'M, William J. Martin, .Ir.,
announced this week. The tickets will cost $(» for those who
desire to attend the i^flair
Knig Firm Leaves
Nori Main Street,
Ending Bitter Issue
^ Bakery Moves Depot
To Wood-Ply Building
On East Sunrise Highway
The Krug Baking Company has
given up its, transfer station at
North IVfaln street and Evans ave­nue
and moved to the butldlnfi on
East Sunrise Highway formerly oc­cupied
by the Wood-Fly Corp. The
place wa.s vacated at the close of
ausiness on Friday and the now
Preeport DodBP-Plymoulli dealers
have taken over the entire premises
At Evans avenue to the exlreine de-
'ight of everyone in tlie nelglibor-liood.
At the same lime Lester Buii-manii.
coun.sel for the village, an- I
nounccd thai the Injunction and'
5Chcr legal proceeding."; instUiited by \
the municipality had been discoii- ]
I tinned.
The furor In the neieliborhood
started Just aliout a year ago, when
the Krug interests established the
braRsfei:- -station; ••jwj"'£*-f teiflpotntfy
'ceJuflcaie of bcciipa-acy' which ftfl'-'
bade the use of the' adjacent area
as a parking field until James Gray,
the owner, had applied to the Zon­ing
Board Of Appeals for a variance
in the matter.
After a hearing before a board
of three members the variance was •
denied. An action vvas started in
the District Court in Bellmore in
an effort to prevent the use of the
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To Be Feted Saturday
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Many notables In the sports
world will gather at Garden City
for tjjis annual event, which will
bring together Dodger boosters from
almost every community in Nassau
County and many from Stiffolk
TCounty.
Among those who are expected to
attend will be Warren Giles, presi­dent
of the Nattonal League; Ford
IMck, baseball commissioner; Wal­ter
Olt&Uey, president of the
13DdgEra;__an!l.lcadllng.members.ol'ln person orUy telephone.
the team, such as Diike Snider, Gil
Hodges, 'Peewee Reese and Carl
Spooner. There will be a program
of entertainment featuring Connie
Desmond and others of television
fame. The diimer is to start at 7:30
o'cloclt,
Mr, Martin is Iwlding the 10
tickets allotted to Freeport at the
South Shore Federal Savings and
Loan Jissodation office on Sunrise
Highway, where j»ersons desiring to
purchase a tlctoet may contact him
Simulated Broadcast
Given For Southwest
John Fcogge Interviews
Two-Members To Show
Newscaster Works
A simulated b«x»dcast In which
John Progge, veteran Nassau County
newspaper man and newscaster for
Station WGBB, interviewed Albert
Marmon and Raymond H. Malone,
featured the monthly meeting of
the Southwest Civic Association at
the Bayvlew Avenue school Wednes­day
nigh , January 12.
Mr. Frogge first addressed the
group on newspaper and radio work,
telling how he gathers the news for
bis dally broadcasts and relating
some ol the experiences he has had
in his long .career as a newspaper
man.
Cornelius Freeman, a member of
the Education Committee of the As­sociation,
gave a report in which
he cited statistic.'* to indicate a new
high school Is not needed in Free-port
In; the Immediate future.
President J. Harry McCarthy an­nounced
the personnel.^ the stand­ing
committees as follows:
He assigned the activities of the
committees on highways, sewers and
JtghtiiJg_tp the same group, com­prising
Thoffiaa J, O'Neill, chalr-inan;
John J. Muldowney, A. Au
gustin.L. Hogan and Claxton Ely.
40ontlnu«i!.on-Ai« 5J
l( 1)1.)^ i-VI I KLLL\
hicago Man Speaker
At Kelly Testimonial
Judge Will Be Feted
By Lawyers Conuxnttee
\\\. At EIks._.Qul».;Salurday
• • '• Ja-m6s-'.#,-S:;Sk»ttambt~iDi*
director of the American Bar Asso­ciation's
traffic program, is to be
the principal speaker at the dinner
j to be given Judge Paul Kelly by the
j P r e e p o r t Lawyers Committee of
more tlinn 40 members Saturday i
night nt 7;30 o'clock in the Elks
clubhou.se.
JurlstH ft'om Nassau County's Su­preme
Court. County and District i
courts, ft.i well as police Justices
from villaf&s throughout the county
arc expected to attend.
Dress is optional lor the affair,
which will feature dancing ta the
music of Paul Muro's orchestra.
Reservations and tickets may be
obtained through Julius Gerzof,
committee chairman, and William
M. MuUooly, vice-chairman, both of
Freeport.
The Freeport Traffic Court ..oyer
which Judge Kelly presides won a
.1954 Traffic Court Award from the
American Bar Association In rec-
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Voi^ht is Appointed ,
Special Counsellor
Help Martin Weyraueh
Simonson's Resignation
Accepted With Regret
At Monday's Meeting
I^'oriner Trustee.- Leonard D. B.
'- • lith was appointed Village "lYeas-lii'r,
to succeed Oordon Sinwnson.
.'- the Villagb Botn-d at it.s meeting
'..iinday night in the Municipal
B iildiiiR.
It (l»e s»me time Kennrth E. "
w uj>ht wns named specinl^ counsel
II charpc oi; HtieMtiiiii to lisslsl Vil-
1 < !• Counsel Martin H, Weyraueh,
•111 Trustee Ednmiui T. Cheshire
• .n desigiialfd u«. iwtinK niii.vor. ft
•'i.' t held for .'ievcnil .vean^ by Mr.
i i i U i
ill his resi|>iiiitiriii. ViHase Treas­urer
Simiinson explained he was
leHviiig ilie villaiic service only be­cause
of his hcaitii. Mayor William
P. Olackcn said Mr. Simonson was
bothered by a nia.stold conditoin
and expressed regret the village waa .
going to lose the services ol B falthW
ful servant. The restgnalioti. to taltsf ~
effect on January 31, was accepted '
^wlthfie^teC •--•''"•''•*'''''""*''•'• HE''S^&
Mr. Smith's appointnleat takes
effect on February 1, allij Is for 14
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New Doctors HospttaJ
Dedication on Sunday
The new Doctors HospitaJ.
West Merrick road and South
Bayview avenue, is to be f«raial-ly
dedJcateid Sundlay al 2:30
o'clock, Dr. Anton Notey, the
president, n.Mtt«imeed this week.
The institution will consist of
complete departments ol FeiUa-tries,
Surgery. Geneiul Medicine.
Obstetrics, Palholoiry, X-Bay,
Laboratory and Anesthesloloer,
Each Department,will be under
the direction • ! a chief of tlie
hlgrhesl professional standiliffi
Dr, Notey said, fully quaiificd
by training and years ol ex- ,
peilcmce li!_Jil» particular fteU
or speciality.
Polio Drive Workers Xo Make
Mouse to Mouse Night Canvass
A hoiise-lo-hotise canvass in behalf nf the Freej[>ort
liiraiitile Paralysis <lrive is to be ht'ld next Wednesday night.
>hs; XN'alter A. Sullivan, HO Bedford a%ciiue, chairman for
Freeport, issued an appeal this week for re.sideiits of the
comiminily to illuminate their porches tlial night to make
the tiisk of die eaiivassers easier. About 300 workers are
co-operaliii|4 with Mra. Sullivan in conducting tlie .campaign
JHit more are .still needed in the Houtherii section of the vil-lii^
e where Mrs, Fred Wcrtz, Jr., is in charge. Any persons
willing to assist may telephone iier, Freeport 94VMl.
Mrs. Charles Washbm-n Is BUb- •
ATLANTIC CHEMISTS
Of «N ALL DAY SUNDAY
•The Atlantic Chemists, US Atlaif
Wo avenue,, will remain open Sunday .
night tmta l b ' o'clocft" after the
other pharmacists in Freeport close
during the ftftemoon for tiie day.
The tBlepHOJi^ I s Freepsrt 8-4CT8;"""
chairman for the northwest and
Mre. Frederick Lather for the north­east,
with Mrs. Norman Nelson In
charge of coin boxes.
The drive will be continued
through the month to enable the
canvassers to cover tiie entire vl1>
lege with their personal appeals to
put Freeport over the top.
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