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J 1st Year, No. 17 FREEPORT. N. Y., THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1956 ^^f SS. FIVE CENTS PER COPY
RI InPwEi
School f p Rates
Sobstantiaily Hgbr
In leader Territory ,
Roosevelt Jump of $1.47
^ Greater TTian Freeport's
Increase of 20 Cents
Despite an Increase of 20 centia,
tiixpiiyers In the Preeport School
District are faced with a consider­ably
lower tax rate for the next
school year than those in other sec­tions
of tile Incorporated village
which are included in ttw' BBldwiii
and Roosevelt Free Scliooi Districts,
Tlie Preeport rate ha.s been set at
$3.12 for each $100 of assessed valu-ntioii,
as compared with $2.92 for
the year Just closing. Baldwin comes
next with $3.48, or 14 cents aUove
the current year and Roasevelf.)
rote win be #4.89 -a Jump of sl.41
owr the 13.42 lor 1965-56.
The assessed valuation of the
Preeport dlsfeElist'suus l>e6n fixed at
coming to an end.
In Baldwin tlie new assetsied val­uation
Is |48,80B;469, against $47,-
095.640 a rise of $1,813,829. wWle
the net budgets wer« $1,783,626 and
$1,572,193 respectively.
BtiMevelt's new assessed valuM-tloii
Is $18,880,430. TSie budget for
1955-50 amounted to »l,469,68a.46
und for the past year it was $1,005,-
ftW.lS.
iHerridk I s Exoeptlon
Merrick School District's tax rate
for the coming year will Jje $4.02—
a drop of 14 cents.
This includes tSM tor oiieratlon
of the district;? elementary schools
and library and |1,7I as Merriclt's
share of expenditures for Mepham
Central High aaiool District. Six­teen
cents of tbe rate supports the
Merrick Public Library,
TJiB lower flgare results from a
cut In total taxes besides a S'n6,isa
rise In assessed valuation. The
vaiwtion has Jumped to $23,489,670,
while the amotiiit to be raised hy
taxation in tl»e district Is $943,189,
compared to $1143,897 during the
current year.
New Columbian Bronze Management Elks, V.F.W. To Play
Donkey Baseball Game
Preeport Elks Exalted Ruler.
Richard Hungerford. and VJ.W.
Ootnmander Eton Gayner, have both
promised to field team.'s of promi­nent
locni bitsiness and professsional
men when the two oi-gnnlzattons
meet at tlie Freeport Stadium on
Mond«y. August 21, to play Donkey
Bflseball. T!ie two leaders have ex­pressed
hope that a large crowd
will turn out to Join in the fun aiici
cheer the teams on. The game is
for tJie benefit of Uw Northporl
Vetej'an.s Haspitnl and dDnjition.<4
have been set at &0 ci'nt f.7r chil­dren
Rijd 75 cents for iidult-s.
ALEXANBER B. PAULSEN
Chairman of the Board
BERNARD N. AMES
President
Columbian Bronze
aer ew uwrnYS A n e w m i l e s t o n e has been pa.sscd in the history- of tite
.';.')-vear-old C«»limibian Bronxe C d r p o r a t i u n of 21 (> N o r th
Main s t r e e t , F r e e p o r t ' s largest i n d u s t r y and one of the
l a r g e s t i n a n u f a c t i i r e r e . s of h i g h <juality b o a t p r o p e l l e r s , with
il.s r e - o r g a n i z a t i o n u n d e r n ew local o w n e r i u a n a g t ; t n e i i t.
Heading the new mBnagement arc
Alexander B. Paulsen, prominent
Long Island buOder. who is Chair­man
tit the Board of Dlrftctora, and
Bernard N. Ames, nationally recog­nized
authority on metallurgy, who
has Ibeen named president. Mr.
FaHlaen fiEs | h e previously vacant
position of Board Chairman. Mr.
Ames succeeds Mi-. O, B. Plnkney
who becomes vice-president for
manufacturing.
Native of Baldwin
Mr. Paulsen, who Ls 44 year« old,
grew up In Baldwin. After gradua­tion
from Baldwin High Sidiool he
attended Rider CoUege. Trenton,
H, 3. His wife Is the former Butli
Britt, of Claurome place, Preeport.
Today Mr. Paulsen is one Of tlie
leaders in the construction of low-cost
homes and the development of
suburban communities on Long Is-
(Continued on Page 13)
SeahrookProtestsAppearance
Of '^Barracks"Like'' Streets
H e n r j ' S e a b r o o k , P r e s i d e n t of the A t l a n t i c Soulli Civic
A s s o c i a t i o n , s u g g e s t e d to the Village B o a r d at its m e e t i ng
A u g u s t 6 t h a t s t e p s He t a k e n hi p r e v e n t wlial h e called the
" b a r r a c k s ' * a p p e a r a n c e of raiicli-tj'pe houses <MI lots only
50 feet wide. He u r g e d ccmsideration of the a p p e a n u i ce
c a u s e d b y s o m a n j ' s i m i l a r - d e s i g n h o m e s o n n a r r o w lots.
Village Counsel Kenneth E.
Vought replied that It is generally
accepted the yMI«ges cannot legis­late
on what architecture a dwell­ing
must Jiave.
Allen Oarben Inquired abouf the
policies adopted in Oardea City and
;take Success. Hi, Vougiht said con­trols
used thei* a « . based ijpoa re­strictions
introduced l»y liie original
developers.
James Morrow, of the Zoning
Board of Appeals, commented that
a Westchester County en."* in the
courts would probably decide
wJiether controls.over architectural
design are legal.
Testimonial Dinner
Is Given W.F.DeMott
Building Superinlendent
Feted by Coimnitleeineii
At Sea Breeze Tuesday
A testimonial dinner was held
Tuesday night at the Sea Breeze
for WUbert P. DeMott. Superin­tendent
of Bulldidgs, who is about
to retire because of failing health
after 17 years of service with the
villttee,
Mr. DeMott was tendered this
dinner by ihls fellow aspuWican
Committeemen under the leadership
of Republican Ijeader Peter G.
KJBlly, wiio paid a tribute to Mr.
DeMott for his excellent.conduct of
his village office during Jils m8n.v
years of servi^, Mr. KeUy also made:
a presentation of a pen and pen«ll
set fa/ Mr. DeMott, a gift from the
oopmltteemen, and.further conapll-mented
Mr. DeMott for his loyal ac­tivity
and service of almost 26 years
as a BepubUcan committeeman, de-acriblng
Mr. DeMott as being "Mr.
aepubllcan" in Preeport when he
wajs a young man.
Mayor WUlldln F. Glacken also
praised Mr. DeMott for his faithful
Village service, touching upon the
fact that Mr. DeMott was in chaj«3
all during the rapid expansion
which has taken place in our com­munity,
all of which presented many
complexities of operation which Mr.
DeMott had to stn-maunt. In fact,
said the Mayor, Mr. DeMott .should
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KBK Building Seeks
To Avoid Buffer Zone
Berman Asks Change
Of Zoning Requirement;
Cites Hardship Involved
Elihu Berman 8ddre.«s8ed the Vil­lage
Boajd August 8 urging It to re-zone
property next to this KBK.
Building-, OttSoiit h Bosijen place
and thereby end a five-foot "buffer
zone" requirement alongside the
Pine street apartment hou-se.
Tile board has authoriised Vil-
Cou 11.561 ICeoneth B. Vought to en­force
tile ordlniince. A bond guar-1
onteeing compliance with the five-foot
landscaping rule liad been re­quired
from the owners of the KBK
Building, who len-w offlce.s to the
Na.ssau Olwiring House AsJioclation
and other tenants. Civic a.^ociation
leader.s have urged that the vlltego
order compliance with the "buffer
ssone" requirement even If it must
use the forfeited Irond money to fi­nance
the reconstruction work.
Mr. Berman in hi.5 talk con­tended
the building's driveway lead­ing
to and from its parking field
would become dangerously narrow if
space were taken away to provide
for an Ivy-covered fence and land-soaplaf.
He warned that a buffer
ssonc would cut down the number
of cars able to park behind the
building. Street congestion will be
worse, he predicted, when a shop­ping
center l,^ completed at Sunrisft
highway and Bergen place.
Tlie landscaping would be wasted
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Swine, Guinea Hens
Listed In Sweeping
Ordinance Proposed
Hearing On Bucolic
Chattels Is Scheduled
By Board September 10
Sheep—JncludlKg the seven on
Police Chief Peter Elar's propei=ly,,
Brookside avenue between South-side
and Morton avenues—will tse
prohibited in many built-up areas
of Preeport according to an ordi­nance
drawn up lor adoption by
llw Village Board.
A public hearing on the ordinance
will take plate m the Municipal
Building Monday nigiil, September
10, at 8:30 o'clcjck.
Interviewed this, week by The
Leader, Chief Elar said, "If there's
a law violation I wlil eliminate it.
A Chief has no more rights—or no
ftfs rights—than anyone else."
He made his statement, however,
before Village Counsel Keraneth E.
Vougtot finished work on proposed
Ojidlnttnce IS which- wm appear
l a aextrS^B^fc's TLeadot.-
I t # a s , H l p i » l flsoia attthorltaatti,:
sources that Ordinance l.S wlU
cover situations existing "prior to
the time this section becomes effec­tive,"
and ban "any use liereby pro-lhit
»Ued."
Other Provisiona
ITie restriction will apply to
Residence *"AA", Kesldenoe "A",
Besidential Apartment, Business
"A" and Business "B" zones. Be­sides
sheep, it wUJ prohibit pigeons,
fowl, cows, goat,';, guinea hiaait, svftae,
homes or other non-domesticated
animals if the land used to keep
them is on i: street block improved
to the extent of 28 per cent or more.
Need for such an ordinance waa
seen by the Village Board after it
received a complaint from Harold
Howard 35 Morton avenue. Mr.
Howard addressed the board at ita
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COHIN'S DRUG SHOP
TO STAY OPEN SUNDAY
Cohen's Preeport j^rug Shop, 88
Soutai Main street, will remain open
until 10 o'clock Sunday night after
oiSier drug stores in Preeport close
during the afternoon for the rest of
the day. Its phone number Is
PR 8 0330.
Fire Department Members
Operk Annual Drive for Funds
Letters have been nmiled
payers, asking contributions
uHQual fund drive.
Harry A, O'RourKe, the firemen's
publicity chairman, announced that
the money will provide athletic
equipment and support the benevo­lent
lund as well as various welfare
projects which are never provided
for in the departmental budget.
Chief Donald Mauersberger di-recia
the drive. There are almost
400 traliiM volunteer firemen, al­ways
ready.fco serve the eommmlty
•rt'--«ttiergenc|e5, . ' . _,
to Frecporl i*esidt;nls and lax-toward
the Fire Department's
V.F.W. Auxiliary Slates
Augpst Penny Sale
At a recent meeting of the VJP.W.
Auxiliary final plans were made to
hold the August Penny Sale oij
Monday evening at 8 o'clock. The
sale will take place at Veteran's
Memorial Hall. 404 North Matai
street, Freeport. New YoiJt.
Plans are In progress for an An­nual
Gold StarVMbtiher'fi Testi­monial
Diimer at a future dat« to
fiepteniber.
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