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BALDWIN ROOSEVELT
21st Year, No. 6
MERRICK
FREEPOHT. N.Y., THURSDAY. MAY 31, 1956 i«ljgh» 3» FIVE CENTS PER COPt
Tredwell Hopkins
And Wife hjured
In Auto Collision
Both Taken To Hospital
^fter Atlantic Avenue
And Bedell Street Crash
Tredwel! Hopkins, 51, pronitnent
civic leader, and his wife were in­jured
Tuesaay morning in an auto
eollision at Atlantic avenue and
Bedell street.
Tlie accldont took place shortlv
beJore 7 o'clock wliile Mr. Hopltiii.'i
was driving north on Bedell street.
He L-i A.ssistant Bui'.sar of New York
University -and commute.s to the
educHtional institution from his
linine at 2T7 Bedell stree!.
HIK wife, Dni.sa. SI, received n
jKi.ssible fracture of the skull and
scnip lacerations. Mr. Hiipknm .suf­fered
scalp lacerations and eonlM--
sioii-s on the chest and legs. After
Dr. Rudolph Jo.<>epli treated the
couple at the scene they were taken .
to Doctors Hospital.
The other car, going east-on At­lantic
BVentie, was driven by
Robert W, Farley. 26, of fl Bnyfront
drive, BRldWllli
Contest Winner Gets Top Award Leader Out Too Early
For Roosevelt Results
Because yesterday was Mernorial
Day. The Lender went to press a
day earlier than usual. Therefore
no story appears in this week's pa­per
about the special vote Tuesday
night on a budget for Roosevelt
Sc9iool District. Taxpayers had an
opportunity to adopt a, revised
budget which would total $23,300
below the one they rejected nearly
a month ago. However, three otiher
propositions on the voting maaiUie.s
permitted them to boost the fiijurc
and raise more th:in $1,445,783 by
taxation for .sclioo! propose.s.
Fireman Planning
Big S l ow on July 4
The PreepOPt Fire Department i.<!
planning lor one of the largest
demonstrations of fire-fighting and
fire works shows ever held in the
Metroijolitan area to be .staged at
the Municipal Stadium on Wednes­day
night, July-4.
Opening the evening'."; activities
will be a parade, to be followed
by several contests including « lad­der
climbing event, putting out of
a fire In a frame dwelling and an
automobile blaze. There also will be
a demonstration by the U. S.
Marine Corps, With the pyrotechnic
display ending the festivities.
LiBfit year 9,000 persons gatshered
at the Stadium to witness the
events. Harry OIRourke, publicity
chairman, predicts the turnout on
July 4 will number 12.000.
ZIPfEB'S PHABMACY
OPEN A l l DAT SIWOAY
Zipper's Pharmacy, Pine and
South Grove stt«ets, will remain
open until 10 o'clocsk Sunday night
after other drug stores close during
the afternoon for the rest of the
day. It's phone number is PBeeport
8-9449.
Melvin Baumann, Manager nf the S, Baumaiiii riirniture store, pre­sents
a eockJail set In Mrs. Menry Keltey, 75 Na.ssau avenue. Mrs. Kelley
won first prize In la.st week's Leader eonlest. She •wa.s first to rill <Mit
and lake to the store a coupon shoiving that the Ba-umann firm had ads
»n two different paces of the paper,
Mrs.KeUey Wins Cocktail Set
In l^eoBer^s Sex^trnd'-'^G^ns^st'^
Mrs. H e i i i y Kdltn- live.s n e a r the Hotilh e n d of F r « ' p < > r t^
quilt: a di.Htsince f r om tho viiljige's m a i n s h o p p h i g c f i i l c r -
but tliul <iidii'l p r r v e i i l lier f r om b e i n g the lii'Nl Letuk-r
r e a d e r to tirrivi- at IIK- S . Humiiuim furtiitiji-*' stoi-c last
T h u r s d a y m o r n i n g a n d win a cocklail set.
Because her husband liad taken
the family car to work, Mrs. Kelley
faced a transportation problem. Slie
solved it quickly by nsklng a friend
and neighbor, Mrs. Leoti Fels of £8
Nassau avenue, to lake her to Clio
store.
Contest rules, first announced In
The Leader last week, required all
contestants to clip a coupon from
the paper. On this coupon they
wrote the name ot the business
firm, Baumami'.s, which advertised
both in The Leader's- double-page
Preeport promotion ad and else-where
In the same issue.
Mrs. Kelley said she's glad her
postman made his rounds earlier
than usual. Ordinarily deliveries of
mail arrive during liie afternoon at
her home, 75 Nassau avenue, but
on Thursday she found a copy of
The Leader In her mailbox before
9 o'clock. Noticing a front-page
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Personal Affairs Institute
Plans Year "Round Program
"Ever\' month slwiuld be Personal Ariairs Month until
we have checked the 12 important a.spects of our personal
affairs that recfuire annual review," said Horace E. DcLisser,
Director of Personal Affairs Institute when asked bv tlte
Leader for a statement of his opinion concerning the results
of Personal Affairs Month.
"This," said DeLlsser, "is the firat
and important reaction that has
tome to us as a result of the many
activities and pic^ams whlcSh we
bave planned and executed^iOurta^
the month that Is now closing.
While we are, of coarse, estremely
gratified and d e g j ^ Indebted to The
XeadEr, the ClwniBeitof CommBrce,
the &Unsb3nts'''AssocMl<in an&-*o
all who Joined with us In the many
activities of Personal Affairs.Month,
as far as we are concerned, wo'will
not consider BeraonaL Affairs Month
a success tmtll the time arrives
when Oie head of every liome and
business to Preeport-wiUtake JWae
out to .check ittie important aapects
(Contlnaed on dPageS)
$4,400 Received To Date
In Salvation Army Drive
Contributions in the annual Free-port
Salvation Army Corps fund
raising campaign totaled $4,400 aa
of Tuesday, Dr, M. George Isen-berg,
the ehalrnjan, announced tills
weelc. This Is Bpproximately half
the $10,000 goal set as the drive
was opened on May 1.
Dr. Isenberg addea that the $4,400
did not constitute all the money
coltected to date since some of the
workers had delayed submitting
taicir reports.
Holy Redeemer Auxiliary
Plans Parly Monday
The Ladies Auxiliary of Our Holy
Redeemer School will hold its an­nual
June party in connection with
its final meeting of the season
Monday night at 8:30 o'clock in
the school hall. First grade class
mothers, headed by Rene Flaherty
and Alice Rut'.ura. will be in charge.
The party will be preceded by the
election of oflfcers.
Girls Softball League
To-^Be Foraied Tonight
The Preeport Eecreatlon Oepart-incnt
hus sL-heduled a girl's Softball
meeting to be held tonight at
8 o'clock in the Board Boom of the
Municipal Building.
All girls sixteen years of age or
older who would be interested to
playing softbaU tails summer are
requested to attend this meeting,
and discuss with IJie Recreation De-partotent
the possibility of formtog
a team or league.
If unable to attend, Kent G.
Thomson, ORieoKatlon Stipervtsor,
can be contacted at tUeReoreatinn
Office in the .Village Hall, pbone
FE SutOdO.
Elihu Beraian Heads
Community Counsel
Attorney Succeeds
Kelly At Election Held
Last Thursday Night
Elihu Bcrman, Preeport atiomoy,
who has been serving as Vlce-presi.
dent ot the Preeport Community
for the past year, was elected at llie
Council's Annual Meettog May 24
at the MmloipaiTBuil^MS.T to auc-wed
'Judge Paul Kfelly-da,Comcii
presldEht "ttir l i "teriii'or^oke yea?;
Mrs. Harold Battin, rmmediate
past-presldeut, presided at tlie
meeting.
Other officers elected were; Mrs.
David Kadane, Vice-president; Mrs.
Charles Gilbert. Recording Secre­tary;
Mr.-i. Edward Martin, Corre­sponding
Secretary, and Charle.3
Plftndorfer. Treasurer.
Tlie following were elected to
serve on the Executive Board for a
term of two years: George Ander­son,
Mrs. Harold Battin, Mrs. Robert
Earon, Russell Hotaling, Mrs. David
Krleger and Mrsi Frank Varmus. In
addition, Mrs. Elixab'eth Kelly and
William J. Martin, present members
of the 8xecutlve Committee, will
seve the remaining year of their
term.
Also to serve as Mcmbers-at-
Large are: .Mrs. Benjamin Asch,
Mrs. PhUip Bernstein, Mrs. Maude
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Grumman Appication
To Build Experimental
Center Is Approved
Airplane Firm's Project
To Supplement "Lab"
Of Polytechnic Institute
The Village Board has approved
a pci-mit for Grurams ti Aircraft
Engineering Corporntion to build an
experimental center on Jand it will
lease at Brooklyn Polylechiiic In-
.•itltule's laboratory on Allantic ave­nue,
near the Baldwin )ine.
Superiniendcnt of Bu Idlnga Wli-btrt
Dc Mott .hiis the permit ready
for John ThatcJiei- ai.d Son of
Brooklyn, builders, and will turn it
over to them as soon as he Tecelvas
evidence that women's compensa­tion
Insurance rcqulrenrents have
been fulfilled—a routine procedure.
A conference took place between
village officials and rcprcsentatlvea
of the Polytechnic Inslitate, Grum-man's,
Preeport village, the At­lantic
South Civic A-ssoclatlon and
neighbors April 23, Mi-. De Mot*
liad denied the ftpplloatlon but law-
"^yeaw t w Gr»nitnftn%%,aritea teii opi
' ' S t a t e • I31C3U* '^Jis&r'"' '.* w •';."'"TJ ^•'«..
The' building permit tind been
refused because neigfcbors com*
plained that the air fompressoia
and wind" tunnels already in liso at
the lab—to test experimental ma­terials—
caused -too. niiicli noise wad
vibration in the neighborhood.
No taxes on the property are paid
by the Polytechnic Institute, but the
portion leased to Grumman's will
be taxed. The aircraft firm said it
urgenay needed this Iccatloa be­cause
wind tunnels and compres*
hors take so long to con.struot.
Eastern St^r Plans
Flag Day Program
Preeport Chapter No. 386, O.S.S.,
will meet at Spartan Temple, on
Monday night at 8 o'clock.
The drill team will put on a
Flag Day program.
Bird Receives Awird
As Outstanding Athlete
George Bird. Frceptirt High
School senior, was h mored by
Adelphl Ooliege as the outstanding
high school athlete n Na.'isau
County, at the ninth annual awaids
dinner of the college Sunday night
in a Queens Village rraaaurant.
Selected on several Nassau all-scholastic
teams, George gained Ills
tetters In baseball, football and
basketball. H« shared tlie spotlight
at. tlie dinner with Bill Humburg,
named outstanding athlete of tha
year at Adelphl.
Century Old House Yields
Loads and Loads of Dehris
Hc'collcctions of the Collj'er Brothcr.s 'were bioughl to
mind asj one viewed the mass of juiik taken out of the
century old house at tlie bend in South Main rectntly pur­chased
by the Shaab Realty Corp., at a partition sale. The '
wonder of all was as to how so much material could be '•'
stowed awav in one house.
The building has been In a state
of disrepair for a long time. The
porch has been littered with debris
for years. After, the property was
bid the .purchasers brought dispos­sess
proceedtogs against Qie tenant
known in the area as Mrs. Schmidt.
-When the Marshal arrived at the
place .Monday, be had to breaK toto
the premises when he received no
response to his knocks. Then the
work of removing the contents wa«
started. There were all kinds of
furniture, dishes, old papers, etc. AIIL '
old player piano was covered I n d i ^ ^' '
deep with dust. There v/ere several •'•
phonographs and radios of early S-*
desigsi.
Eight employees of the Verltf i*''
Storage Co., of Baldwin, were joined •*
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