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20th Year, No. 51
MERRICK
FRIEPORT. N. Y., THURSDAY. APRIL 12. 1938
Kurz Congratulates Successor
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OBfiligHFfi; Kurz, left, retiring president of the Freeport Chamlier of
C'OittBieree. cansratmates Ws successor. Walter G. Kani|», at annu»t
«"«?Allie held &t Guy Lombarda's Wednesday nlrbt. April i. In the
««>*«»•..•» Hie guest speaker of the evenins, a. prnfessnr of marketing at
flofclra College. . Baaar^elle Photo
W!^\^.^^ Kapp Is Installed
As iPx^^ideixtJ Qf^ Qhamber
'"Wui^r.'ilV'Ka1>i)V'lKt^?porl'rrUw iusttiU'ca ns tlic
n ew in-csiduiit of tK& Fro'epori Chamber o)' Cunuxicrcc';
siRTOoding JHobert H, Kiirz, nt the anniuii mcclnig helil \Ve<l-jicbtlay-•
ii;<ht. April -(..at Guy Lonibardo'f,.
Tlie otlier orflcera InhUii:cd at the
meeting were Oliver E. V. Reynolds,
Harry Weksler. Eaitl Prenger and
J. Norman Leek, vlce-prealdent; Ed­ward
S. Maiiiln, Ti'easurer; and Mrs.
Mabel Battln, secretary.
T«'0 new members elected to the
Board of Directors are A. A. Was-sell,
manager ot the W. T. Grant
store, and Arthur L. Hodges, editor
of The Leader.
Brief talks were made oy Horace
E. DeLls.«ies- and William J. Martin.
Sr„ both former presidents of .the
Chamber. The gue.st speaker was a
professor of marketing from Hotstra
College.
During the dinner award.s In tlie
Chri!5tma.'i Friendly Doorwnya Cnn-te.
st were pre6ent.ed.-
irwas nnnounced that the Cham­ber
will sponsor a Preeport Night al
Jones Beach this Summer -to wit-.
ness a performance of "Show Boat"
at the Marine Stadium.
Members and guests were served
a buffet supper after a cocktnil hour
and prior to the busine.ss sessicn.
Mrs. Mabel Battln. secreiary. has,
announced tlial the cllrpctors will
hold a dinner meeting al the Slilp'.-i
Xnn on Woodcleft avenue, Wednes­day
night. April 25. at 7 o'clock.
Heail Attack Fatal
To J. Edwin Clark,
^Trustee of Library
Retired Business Man
' Leader in Promoting
Addition to Building
J. Edwin Cl.irk, 73. Vice-President
of the Preepori Memorial Library
Board and a leader in ijlanning for
the library addition wlilch will be :
constructed .soon, died Friday nigin
after a heart attack, A local resi-oeiit
for about 40 .years, he made
his home at 67 Soulli Bayview ave­nue.
He was widely kiinwn for liis .
understaiullnB of library iiced.s and
prucedure.-!.
Mr, Clark wa.s also a meinljn- of
the Mc:hodist Church Official I
Board, the Exchange Club and tlie '
Sons pf ihe American Revolution. ^
He retired in the early 1940'.s after !
having been a.ssoclated fcr more I
than 25 years with the National
City Bank of New York c i t y -
handling bond business many years
for the bank. »
Admitted To Bar
FIVE CENTS PEE COPf
Republican Club Plans
"Concentration Night"
The Preeport Republican Club
will hold a concentration igitt. willi
prizes, tonight at 8:30 o'clock in the
Legion Dugout. Door priises will also
be awarded.
A special feature on the program
Is a color and sound film. "On
Wing.s to Hawaii." shown by coui-lesy-
Ot-Patt, American Airway.s.
THOMAS J. MURPHY
Thomas J, Murphy, owner of the
Grove Street Launderaide at 13
Soulh Grove street, was admitted
to the bar at ceremonies 'Wednes­day.
April 4. in the Appellate Dl-vlstou
Courthouse to BrooWyn. A
graduate of St. Jeftin's UnlversSty
• Born In Leadvllte. Colo., he was ! l*** ScSiool. Mr. Mwrtihy., resides at
the-son of Edwin P. Clark, at thut ^® Warwood a\enue, Merrtck
time a mlplnij engineer.
jar. Clark was ft member, ot tne
^ cw V<wk Stnt^e'Llbrary ^soclptlori"
•a"n(37 titi' Lihttiri' '-VruSteiirs.j^auttdu-"
tlon of New York State He would
have been elected treasurer of tlie
Nassau County Library Assoeistlon
if he had lived to Hie annual meet­ing
10 be held soon.
The body reposed al the Chester
A. Pulton and Son Funeral Home
until Monday night when service.^
were held in the Methodi.st Church.
(he Eev, John L. hmtshaw offi­ciating.
Burial took place Tuesday
in Greenfielci Cemetery. Hempstead.
Mrs. Clark U .survived by hi.s .son.
Edwin, of Loeu.st Valley.
Barrett is Hected
Civics Request Delay
In Action By Board
On Bicycle Orffinance
Officials Are Asked
To Re-Consider Plan
i Of Afternoon Meetings
I The Northwest Civic Association
at its meeting Monday urged thai;
the Village Board postpone the
{adoption of a bicycle ordinance
i«-hleli ha,s been set for a public
hearing next Monday. April 16. at
I •* O'clock. Tlie proposed penalties
: lor violation.-; were discus,sed. as well
: a;i -ihe need for a safety education
program and possible llcen.sing of
I the vehicles.
Seeking further Infomation be­fore
the ordinance Is approved, the
civics urged that a hearing be
scheduled at night tn.-»tead'or the
afternoon, so that more citizens
can atiend. '
Another resolution called upon Uw
Village Board to resume m two
public meetings each month «A
night, instead of changing .one ol
•Wieiii, to the- aHjBrnooai,-.:'.SBeftkBta
pointed that t h e now sctiedvle 'bar*
-wockins ;pcQ&le ffbnv attendatun
tin^ -woutd In. *|t«3t-prevent amy
commuters jtom ficrvlng onJthe
Village-Booid, ,^^ '
'OiWrers NiSabiaiSS'
Sorry Munnan, cJialrman of the
_ I nomlnattng commjttee, iireisented a
Defeats Arthur Burdette I f^^fj'*?^!'^''^'*''''«'*'"''-™««
-rot- street; "Gdfdih City, students trolman Rooieika hastened to the
jit high ichools. Yomng MoMJabivin
h£id a WDodeB bUly wltai Mm.
Bays^^^AntpMhiousBufglary^'
Thwarted By Alert Romeika
Frccport polictuifn Coikti an "«mphibJ'His biirghiiy" by
two 17-yf«iM>lds W!H> tdJegi'dly u.wd a Htolen bout and a
wsulirig aiitii in llidr ffforl t«> victiiiilzf Bill Hm-lig's mariiic
SLipplie.s store at HW Wtiodelcfl aveiiin'.
Patrolman Joseph Romeika dis­covered
both youths und¥r the dock
fft midnight, kneellr^ to hide In a
IS-fOot boat which had been taken
Irom Its moorings about 75 Icet
north. He ordered thetn out at
gunpoint. Four outboard motprs
and t'wo sets of aqua-lung dlvTng
equipment had already been loaded
iu:o the boat.
The pair are A.' Edward McMahon
or 19 Pr«s.scott street, Garden City,
. and Kenneth R., partley of 8 Man-
Mayor Glacken Proclaims
Israel Independence Week
Mayor William F. Glacken ha.s
proclaimed the week starting to­morrow
as "Israel Independence
Week" in honor of the nations
eighth anniversary.
He cited the faet that I.srael pro.^.
vlde.'i a haven to hundreds of thou-
.sajHls of homeless refugees, and is
dedicated to "tliose ideals and
values which are the basis of our
own American democracy."
In a statemerrt after their arre.«t
the youths reportedly admitted
breaking into the marine supplies
store and carrying out the articles
found In ihe boat, which they said
•they intended to take across Wood-cleft
Canal to where they would
reliitad the loot into a suburban
auto. A large wooden billy was found
under the car's front seat.
Sergeant Grosser searched the
scene after a neighbor, hearing a
tContlnuect from Page 8)
South Nassau Unit
Plans Rummage Sale
Mrs. Frank Muller. prfctident of
the South Na.ssau Hospital Aux­iliary,
announced this week that a
rummage sale will be held all ne»t
week in the vacant store in the
Chester A. Pulton Building on West
Merrick road.
The unit also Is sponsoiing a card
party to be held Tuesday, April 24.
Hose Company 5 Mfan
Burde
I By Vote of 174 to 127
Raymond Barett was elected Sec­ond
Deputy Chief by members of the
Fire Department in the only election
contest last Thur.sday night. Mr
Barrett, associated with Hose Com­pany
S. won by a vote of 174 to 127
over Arthur Burdette of the Engine
Company.
Tlie firemen unanimou,sly chose
Donald Mauer.sberKer for Chief, a
pcsl in which lie will succeed George
SciiWiUi Donald Mil.thauer — for-merl.
v Second Deputy Chief — was
elevated to the First Deputydiip
held al present by Mr. Mauersbeigcr.
J0hn Marra of the EiiBine Com­pany
wa.s rp-clected Baltation Dis­trict
Delegate. He H in line for the
chaTi-riia'fisKip of the Second Bat-t,
4lion District.
B.)Hotting took place at headqunr-ters.
Company eieclion.s two niglit.>i
earlipr were reported in last week's
Leader.
Installation ceremonle.«i arc ."iched-uled
at the Soulh Shore Yacht Cluu
on Saturday rwglit. April 21, at 8
o'clock.
Dr. M. George Isenberg. for Presi­dent;
Lester Guilt, for Viee-Presl-denl;
Edwin Ortner, for Treasurer,*
Mrs. John Tester, for Recordlnsr
Secetary: Mr.s. John Jovoreky. for
Corre.spondlng Secretary, and Sam­uel
Cohen. George Palrberg. Jack
{Continued on Page 11)
Fat Wallet Lost;
Is Quickly Returned
A wallet containing more than
$1,00 cash wa.s lost Friday by a cus­tomer
of Corey's stationery store,
11 South Main street, but quickly
found lt.s way back Co the loser.
'Pound on the floor by an honest
customer and tiu-ned over to the
store's hone.sit manager, Charles
Corey, the money was taken im»
mBdlately to the village police tsta.-
tiun, where officers examined tht
wallet for Mentification purposes.
Papei-s and oard.s in the wallet
Indicated who Its owner might" be.
Notified by phone, he visited the
police station and was given tiie
wallet with Its contents. The owner's
name Is withheld by police.
•CHTUBBUIt'S DKDG STOKE
OPEN AtL DAir SUNBA'T
Chubbuk's Urug Store, 39 South
Main street, will remain open until
10 o'clock Sunday nigltt oSter drug
stores in Preeport close during the
afitemoon for the rest of the day.
I t s phone number is FBeepoi*
9-3333..
Civic Associations Protest
Afternoon Public Hearings
'I'hrt'c piililic hcyrin^s sclit'duled for next Monday,, April
1(5, «l 4 o'elofk ill llu- Municipal Building liave drawn ob,i€0-
tiiH! (ic)tti all fivf livif a.ssociatlcuis, who favor iiolding
piiblii- nit'clirig.s of Hit- VilluM*' Hoard at night.
Formerly the board's second pub­lic
session each month was held on
Monday night ai 8;30. This policy
underwent a change at the reorgan-izatiOii
meeting last week, when it
was decided to hold only one night
session monthly and supplement It
with afternoon sessions at 4 o'clock:'
on the other Mondays,
The hearings will discuss new
Wcyole-riding regulatlmis, and con­trol
of transient businesses itnd
stores "closing out" sales. The pro-,
posed ordinances were published i3
The Leader on March ^ .