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20th Year, No. 2a FREEPORT, N. Y., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1955 FIVE CENTS PER COPf
BOARD APPROVES ADDITION^O tlBRAR¥
The Freeport Bank
Announces Promotion
Of Lacy and WeUs
Officers A r e Advanced
T o Fill V a c a n c y Caused,
3 y Nixon's Resignation .
John J. BandaU, pre&ldcnt of ihe
V Freeport Bank, announced U»i.'>'
week that John r. Lacy, Assistan;.
Cnslilei, had been promoted to tbc
office of Cffihlcr and that Hubert'
IJ Wells, Assistant Cashier, had
• been appointed to the Bewly-created
office of Comptroller The two off»-
ceib of the bank will perform the
duties foimerly jointly handled by.
W. Sargeant Nixon, Executive Vice-;
President and Cashier, who recently
'resigned due to lU health and has,
moved to PloVlda. Mr. N!;ion had
~'heen associated ivith the bank for
-more than 20 yearjs. , I
The duties of Raymond B. Lock-
. wood. Assistant Ca&hler, have been
enlarged and he TvJU I^^ndle the
•woijc formerly done by Edward C.
Johnson, Morteaf^c officer, who re­signed
to accept a position as mana­ger
of the Hlck&villo Branch of -th^
-Assoclatlon ot l«nfi jSfercn- Sfftvx F-"
MuUcr, "Assistant Castalcr. also tads
been given additional duties lix the
management ol the bank.
Both Mr. Lacy and Mr. WeUs are
veteran employees of the bank. Mr.
Lacy Joined the staff of the bank
in 1928 and Mr. Wells In 1926.
Mr. Lacyi who resides at 59 South
Bayvicw avenue, has been a resi­dent
of the • village for 43 years.
He is a Past President of the Fiee-port
Kiwsnts Club. •
Mr. Wells, whose family moved
' ;ti I Freeport '48 -yeew ago,''lives at
•' 2SEt North Long Beach aventie.' He js
'treasurer of the Freeport Branch,
Salvation Army, a past jtresident of
-the^Preeport-Exchange Club and
has been cleric of tlic vestry o'f the
^Episcopal Church of tlie Transflp-
-""urwtloh"-for-tiio-last-IB years. -
Promoted By Freeport Bank , Register Now!
Today, iaiaonrow and Satur­day
are the last days f«r regis-tTatloji
of voters undfe the now
Frnnanent Personal' Re^gtra-tion
Law In Nussau GoiMy.
IVIaity persons bavc already
placed their names on the rails
this week — a reqtiiretiient fur
everyone wishing to oast a baUat
Noveinljer 8. B^istratlan hoim.
at poiUns places on the remain-in
i; days are:
Today 10 A.M, to W P.M.
Tuinorrow .. 16 AJU. to W P.M.
Saturday ... 1 AJtt. to M P.M.
JOHN J. LACY Rm^eitT L. WELLS
Is Praised By Three Mayors
Approximatply 300 persons attended .the diinier given
ZIPPER'iS PHARMACY'
TO STAV OPEN 8UND.VK ""
"----•Zipper's Pharmacy,'South Grove
and Pine~£tteets, will remain open
until 10 o'clock Sunday n i ^ t after
other drug stores in l?reeport close
in the afternoon fSr the rest of the
day. Its phon^number lb Freeport
8-B419.
South Main Parcels
AeZoned By Board
WGBBandWaUy WeUs
Plots Changed as Asked;
Now in "Manufacturing"
The Villag^' poai-d re-zoned two
parcels of land at South Main
SawnpofllMMIM
f 0 Ti^pprs Seev
In New Proposition
Limestoile Construction
Is Provided in Plans
Approved Monday Night
The P«cport VlUftBe Board, at
a special meeting Monday night,
approved an addition to the Free-port
Memorial Library at a' cost of
$240,000, subject to pemUsslvo ref­erendum.
The plan approved by the Vfflage
Board-waa drawn by Charles A..
Wood of AmltyviUe, a prominent
architect, who Is a Braduate or
Freeport High Scbool. tt will in­volve
a cost of $240^00, a savings
of $110,000 from the $350,000 plan
defeated at a public referendum
last Spring.
The new plan provides for the
use of limestone ateiUar to the ma­terial
from which the present library
was built. The cost, in fact, Includoa
sand btasttnor the present llbmry
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the oomTinunitv'S'aiLurdav •nijglit'--at' G i i y ^ o t i i b a i f t o ' s rEtist
Point House-- Fifty j n o r e dropped in later to JistCn to the
laudatory remarks made b y t h e various speakers. Mr. Wey-raucli
also wa.s prieseiiled a rioJd watch and baud, while his
wife received a bouquet of American Beauties.
Irving Oreblnar, wl»o
, . J -.., i, „ ^ ,*° ^^^ when the new addition is
street and Atlantic avenue Monday, ^^^^^^^^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ irnvo^bU for
night, at a bpcclal meetlng,.afteir it | those who do not know, tojdlstiii-hadr^
Eveddectston Kinc&'u Jidated Isulshed the.old froIn-ttxe-Ttevy;{K}r-
Tru.stcB
headed the committee of arrangen
ments composed of members of the
Village Board, briefly greeted the
assemblage ani) presented Mayor
William F. Glacken a^ master of
ceremonies.
The Mayor first called on the
Rev. Dr. Reginald H. Scott, rectt)t!
of . the Transfiguration "• Episcopal
Church, who had given'thcr invoca-^
-tlon,- for a few remBrk.s. He declared
it was a great privilege for tiim to
express his appreciation of the won-<
derfijl man and the sterling quali-^
ties of'hls'ohafeoter. He .spoke of
Mr.-WeyraUch'S humiliiyi .He-con-i
eluded by'-renfiRfking-tlittt'while alt
persons; have common_6ense, few-operate
It as does MTaJifeyrauda, -
Tlie "next ^speaEer" was former
"Mayor CyrU C. Ryan, "who spoke of
the guest of honor's service'ito the'
village. He considered first bis part
m handling the aesenOtUnf: of prop­erty
lor the various parking fields
dence "A" to Manufaot;jtfcSK^'^, re­quested
by Wallace Wel'ls of &af>^a
and radio etaUon WCBB .the b l i ^
formed a buffer zone 100 feet dcife^
back of BedeU street properties. The
wltliout resorting to condemnation' applicants therefore won w-zonlng
proceedings for the ncquibltion of a! to a depth of only SODfeet west of
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Stars Of "The New
Choral Show Seats In Detnand
AsDdtebf Pf&duc^ionNe&fs
Music lovers in Freeport and vicinity are awaiting their
annual treat wjien the Freeport Comniunity Choral presents
its musical play next week '
Tills year.'s Eclctlon Is Sigmund
Bomberg's "The New Moon," which
Is to be presented In the Freeporf
High School auditorium on Thurs­day,
Friday and Saturday nights of
:next week under the direction of
Robert T. "Eavls, JrMlcbearsala for
•the event have been In progress
'since March and everyone, counts
on" seeing a professional perform-lance"
up io 4fae -calibre of those..of
previoua-'jxars. A-few "tickets ^-are"
still available, for 4toe'ilref1^wo
nights, but not a seat Is now unsold
lor the Ifnal. performance on Satur­day
night.
There is to be a new leading lady
this year. She Is Emma Olsen, resl-deiit
of Freeport, who will portray
the role of Marianne, Richard Close
of Garden City .as Robect Will have
the leading male part.
Other principals are -to be Eileen'
-Turyn as JuUe. Jfdlm HetUhy -ae
Beauonlr, ^UUam- Kiikewood as
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noUHcUig the Vlllage'Boafi'B'actlon,
said ^i6 new'plan jirovide^^e^^much
space'in .every'respect h^ the oI(i
plan from the standpoint of storase
and working spape. He said no eS«
scntials have been omitted. The
plan's.^ pmvlde a staff -parking space
for Iff^automobUes at the west end
of the Ubfary grounds and a park*
ing field of aBout 12 tars for patron*
in the reaf Of. the library.
The Mayor Said if a referendum
Js not demanded worlji should bp.
started on the addttlbti .by Ohrist-masi
He said the referendum will
go on title ballot at tb9 next village
elecMan If requested. A perml5,^lve
Treferendumjsitoeld wftete 20 per
cent or more of too- voters at the
last.eleoMffn reifueist In uniting th»«
a --propiosltlon - prevBtilly^ ap^roveit
3bytm"poard lie sufciutttted to. th«
iple..—, : ' r -
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irysaiithetnuin Display V,
"Once again Jones Beach State ••
Park will offer a beautiful display
ol chrysanthemums this fall As
many as forty-ftve different varie­ties
wm be in fulli bloom along the
borders of the main walk leading
from Parking Plild^No. 4 to the
Central Rlall this week. The display
several weeks.
. Those, laterested in chrysanthe-liium
culture and the casual visitor
to the'park will be interested in thia
display of colorful faU flowers.
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Kti^nwa. OiMB, |fa<U&K taOy,- «»a~BWwrd CUwe, leadiaf man, -fa tho
«sMt of mffaaM Wumibtr^a opcntto. "The Nw Moon." to tie presnted
Wt* ThmOar, »Wd»7 and Satiaftoy- afeita «f ««ie a«h-6eil»oot Audl-
Ground Broken at Site
Of Biscuit Firm BuOding
Ground was broken this •week lor
a National Biscuit company building
on East Mierrlck road at the forme;
Sar homestead property, west of
the Welcalcr thenn«net«r plant.
The biscuit firm will Uiave a Long
Island. aistelbutlngr «ntcr at the
'site f^r its products.
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