The-Leader_1955-06-30

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FREJEPCIRT BALBMTIN ROOSEVELT MERRICK
2flth Year, l«lo. 10 FJREEPORT, N.Y.. THUHSDAY, JUNl 30. 1955 as FIVE CENTS PER CJOpr
isKS ems ON aiM feeport Graduates
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Many Prizes Awarded
/ For Outstanding Work|
Large Crowd Attends
Two liunarea aniJ fllty-three Free-port
High School students received
diplomas at commencement exer­cises
In thp-iauntcipal Stadium Sun­day
altfrnoonf at 5 O'clock. Excel­lent
weather helped to bring oat a
large crowd,
, Speakers a the outdoor exercises
Jncluded Leo F. Glblyn, School
Board President, who predicted
great advances In electronics and
industrial produotlon during the
-next SOlpars; Dr. John W. Dodd,
;wbd Bwarfled prizesi Principal J."
Wesley Southard, who' toW about
the graduaiing class* achievements
—Rttti-planst—MKrIef—Wftter Valedlc^
- toriaii; Lois Blgoulot, Salutatorian,
and Gpoige Blnger, Pxealdent of the
class foi four yeprs.
The Junior - Senior High School
Band p]a"jed "lSe'X6rd'.';"Frayei-"
...by Albe^b'-Hay' ^^rS^'Ju'^aedlUOiV
to' the, Jji-occislcoTal ttflcrrece^'^loua'l.
The Rev.. Francis P. McLo'one, of
Our Holy Redeemer R. C. Church,
offered the InvocatMn and benedic­tion.
The audience sang "The Star-
Spangled Banner," accompanied by,
the tiand.
With 90 voices represented, the
Girls' Chorus sang "Holy Lord God,",
with Barbara Doesohneir aololst and
Muilel White .accompanist. The
chorus also sang "Hpiiii of Youth,"
accompanied liy David Schmidt,
Powr ol ,toe_gradua|es_£eoelved
three p*izes apiece, wWle three got
two of the awards.
Qearge EAnma, President ol the
General Organlzatlanv was given
t h e O - O . Prize, the Rotary Club-
Award «ntf the H. AHred Voltajer
Memorial Award from the Northeast
GivIc-iAs^siatloni- •_-—v:—"••- *- j _ ^-
_Michftel--lii6¥%iit«*C:-received the
Junior 0:fSAM, rSeiite -:jSoience
Prias, Jtig2«nlgBtt. ofVSiKliWus
Pri'B£^~Si:;;;sBl3anBwlt»p'-fflCiifnhi •
Assacjatjo_n_.£fls!e.-"T"':-~"-_^-_ ^
\ , pffllMe.lW«£ won one of th&itwo
High •-••School- • P.-Tv-"'-A. riScholarship,'
the Cleveland Avenue-School Stu­dent
C6un(A Award and the Pree-
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I t Drive For South Nassau^^H Sajvation Army Plans
Open-Air Rally Saturday
As part of a world-wide oteerv-ance
to comm^tnorate the Salvation
Army's 90th anniversary, an open-ah
rally will be held Saturday after-
.noon at 3 o'clock in front of the
P. W. Woolworth store on South
Main street near, Newton boulevard.
Brigadier Erpi®t Newton of the
Fi'eeport unit will have charge of
the program, which will include
-music. The rally will launch a
spiritual crusade entitled, "For
Christ and the People."
The Salvation Army was started
by WllUa mand Catherine Booth
at an outdoor meeting around a
London lamp post.
Weyrauch To Retire
As fiDage Coirasel
Attorney WiU Continue
' "Af~BfooldfH~l3sr"SiffiooI
-And in Private Practice
Martin H. Weyrauch, -Wllaga
Counsel for-mere than nine years,
announced at the ExcliatiEU Club
yriiE5etinsJabtjw(^kJhat„l-ie,_:(yilij:r
"j jTHeTnEae-piibJii h p jplan; duriiW'S »Pw'K'P^Jfep,Sr-;F^^^ i'«sl'
X"l speech at"thc"Seii Biueie ires1aur-r'<J#nte of PreB}»brt and^BaMiWn
Ccrd Vleiirock, seatea left," new chllrmin ol Frceport special gifts drive
for South N a l ^ u Comnuinitt^s .Hospital, lootca over liospltal campalg^n
brochure with Josejili Harris, standing,' and Arthur IJ. Hodges, editor
of The Leader, at a recent dinner of hospital worltkra. held at Gulotty's
ih "RockviUe Cciiire, Mr, Harris wW be jBpnijT cliajratan "onfie drive,
Hodges is a director >r the hospital.. ,
Of Thive for South 'Nassau
A v o l u n t e e r c o m n i i l l e c t o h e l p S o u t l i N a s s a u C<oinnuuii-lit'K
H o s p i t a l m i s e a m i l l i o n d o l l a r s i n i t s " G o n i | ) I e l i o n F u n d"
d r i v e m e t l u s t w e e k a t 40 S o i i l h Majn s t r e e t . C o r d Viehrock
i s c h a i r m a n a n d J o s e p h H a r r i s is c o - c l i a i r m a n.
l^.nt., Eklpb Jlrtedman is the « p r s -
sentative of the hospital staff foi^
Freeport, Mr, •Vleti|WlcrsaidF.-ai--«f>-;
pointing IJje toliowing as co-assM-a
nt j chairmen:. Mayor WiUiajn E*.
Glacken, ;Oidgs Paul, KeUy. Peter C.
•Eelly-,- -JuHu?—-Birgenthal, HaiWd
Dembififf. Busta?., Sferjcel, j!avid
Kadane, Richard Leavy and Martin
H, Weyrauch.'
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SDUA[ Snore I
speec:
ant
.^n Instiuccor at Biooltljn Law
Kchroi, Mr Weyiauch v,ill engage
in Hie pi'actlce of law and continue
to wrlt^ hooiui on legal matters after
qiulttlng^hls village office. He f<jr-meriy
wasicfaairman ol the FreeiJoi'l
Zoning Board of Appeals, and In
1944-45 headed the legal staff-of
i|he Todd Cdniinitlee which Investi­gated"
the-State Legislature.
The Freeport orttlnances drawn
up by tihe Village Counsel have- h e -
come models-for other communities.
"When other villages plan to revise
their ordi'nahces, and ask state of­ficials
how to proceed, they are
advised to use Freeport "s • as -a-model.
Mt. Weyrauch has also been
a leader in flnjllng wajB-for villaees
of the state. .to_.flroteol Ahemselves
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Seitlevnent Belie^edJNed
On Waterfront Land Issue
Freeport officials, had "no coninient" upon their return
I'lom a conference last week, biit it is understood that they
and Hempstead Town autiiorities are nearing a selHeiiieiil
on the waterfront ownership issue. .
Meanwhile, a court test of the
town's iaaijns to "underwater land"
rents is siiheduled today in Second
District/Court at Hempstead. .
John Blanchii owner of Bianchl's
Boat BasW III Island- Park; 11*11 he
hailed into OQurjt, Iqr "trespasshif"
on what he contends Is his own
property.:^Ks waterfimtJanil- had
i<roded,«Mt-after he tniJlt a dockt
on the washed^away portiQh he was J
accused of iUegally occupying If.
Victor Leff ol Freeport Is -his at-
'tomey. , - . • ' • '•
Freepart'a opposftidh to seizure of
«oded iahd was given consideration
at » parley^attendid By iofyor Wll-'
11am P., Glacten, village. Cotmsei
i l a r t l h j H . Weyrauch aiid Hemp­stead
'Itown'BfflcIalSi.'Private owners
.(dontlnii«i;6tt i"age 7>
^ Neariy-i^OOO Persons
At-Maisapequa Office
To See New Building •
Nearly 6,000 persons attended the
opening of t h e South Shore Federal
Savings and Loan Association's new
Moss'apequa office last Saturday.'at
Sunrise hlghway'and Forest avenue.
Ballt of glass ^ and-Connecticut
granite, the office Is 88 fe.et long and
60 feet deep. La Pierre, litchtleld
and Partners of Manhattan designed
the fireproof and air-conditioned
structure, wWch was constructed by
Paul J. Roche, Inc.. of Baldwin. It
contains id.OSO square feet, includ­ing
the basement. - -
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PowerKoiise feature Story
To ApRBsir in Next Isaiie
liack of cpace preyeKted The
Leader from prlnMhg:tiiiB 'second
article on*" • PMeport's ptjwerhoiise
Ma .week. I t fwlll appear on page
one ne!i[t week, ' /
Gr¥deXrossiiig Work
ScheAdedToSlart
On Baldwin Section
Freeport Project ]>ue
To Follow Immediateiy
When Other is Finished
Bids for the construction, ot the
Baldwin-Preeport grade eUmlnotion
project froni Rockwood' avenue,
Baldwin, past Brookside avenue, are
to,be opened by the State Publio
Works Department in Albany on
Thursday, July 21. Superintendent
John W. Johnson announced this
week!
The work comprises 1,56 "miles of
ralhoad track, and includes a 800-
foot viaduct and station bec^^een
Gran dand MUbprn avenues: TJie
contract also provides for an ex­tension
of Rockwood "avenue'acrbs?
Sunrise avenue and under the new-elevation
to OJiestnut st«e|j_BaJd-_.
wiii. There will be 38-miles of pav­ing
work on the tour grade croislns
elitnlnatlon .structures .and ap-proftches.
The estimated cost of tho
project-12, 868,000.
""Annbuncimenf""of'TITS""SSle for
e
looked forward for many years.
When wort on the elimination m
Baldwin advances far enough, bids
will be asked for tlie balance of the
Pi'eepori.elevation. Par a time it was
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CANNON PHARMACY
TO STA_Y OPEN SUNDAY
The Cannon Pharmacy, 6 South
Main street. Will remain open until
10 o'clock Sunday iilght alter othec
phai'macies In Pi-eeport close during
the afternoon for tlie rest of the
day. Itsphone number Is Freeport
8^00*1. • ;
On Independenc"? Day. Bemhard!s-
Pharmacy at_B4 West Merrick rpftjEb.
wilLperform the «ame sBrvice -(tele--
phone Freeport 8-0008. '
Persmud Afjfairs Ckecfc-^tl|r
Horace E. PeLisser, a former President of the Freeport
Chamber of Ck»nu«erfce and well-known Frceport Life In-,
surancc an<l Estate Planning Consultant, this week an-!,
nounced the development "and inauguration of a new sorace
which he plans to test and further perfect here; in Freeport
fjefore seeking to make it available on ajiation-%yldc btisis,.
"The new service .which Mr. De-
Llsser has designed Js being called
an Annual Perscmal Affairs Review
Service. I t Is a service by which and
^ r o u g h which busy' men and wom­en
will he invited and persuaded to
etteclc annually the ten most im­portant
aspects of their personal
affairs, which Mr. DeLisser is con­vinced
should .be checked annually,
with their attproey, accountant,
trust officer aiid life insurance ad-vlsoj',
., ' . _ • /
111 ft three-column announcement
appearing elsewiiere.-In The Leader
tiiday,'BIT, OeUsser i s making the
first part of * h a t will be n two-advertisement
ann(}uncenieiit. la
this first aiuiouneement he reminds
his readers that it was 10 years ago
tills month 'that he returned to
Freeport, .leased offices at 65 WesB
Sunrise highway, and the following
year designed and opened what ha
still believes to be the first visual
display anjnwhere in this country,
depicting the needs, uses'and.func­tions
of life Insurance.
I n commenting on his newly de­veloped
Annual Personal Affairs
Review Service, Mr. DeLisser stated:
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