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FOR
NEIGHBORtY
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FREEPORT
^Ist ¥ear. No. 33
Bicycle Road iMts
Startdllis Ifek
At iilviar&M
400'W3ieeb licipstered;
Only Few Ri^fs FaU
To Recdve Certificates
Bleycie road teste—lia-aocordance
with the new vUtefe ordinance— I
got off to a gaod start Monday and
Tuesday at the aayvlew Avenue
School pJ^ygroimd.
About 400 blkea were registered
after cRreful fixBmJnaklon, a dozen
or so of them l»elng i?ejected. Some
others, must have certain adjust­ments
before they qiwlify as safe
vehicles ander the ordinance. More
thfin half a dozen yotmgsters failed
to pass the test for operators' cer­tificates
but these will have an­other
opportunity soon to qualtfj.
Mist to earn a bicycle license
and operator's certificate, which all
Preeport bicycle' riders undei- 18
years old will be #:i?peoted to obtain
before or when the ordinance goes
-Into effect, was Peter MoLellan. ii,
of 2 Washington street.
Only one other school wui con­duct
the tests for its students before
the holidays, namely the Atkinson
School where they will start next
Monday'from 9 to 11 o'clock and
1 -to 3 PM. on the' playground
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NASSAU'S LARGEST WEEKLY"
BALDWIN ROOaEVEL.T
FOLLOW THl
LEADER
FOR
I^LIABLE
ADVERTISING
FREEPORT. N. Y., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1936
MERRICK
The "End Men" At Yacht Clulj^Sfow
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
Salvation Army Plans
To EKsfaribute Ywle Gills
I h e fteejport Salvation Army
Corps is planning to provide
Christmas basKeta to numerous
village families for whom the day
would otherwise be anythhig but
merry.
Brigadier Ernest W. Newton has
Issued an appeal for contributions'
and the kettle will be In evidence
in front of the Main street en­trance
to the Woolworth lO-cene
store. With the money realized
O^rlstmas dinners, toys to the chil­dren,
remembrances fgr the aged,
shut-ins and those otherwise might
be forgotten wUl be provided.
Contributions may be sent to
Brigadier Newton, P.O. Box '725,
li Church street, Preeport.
Holicla^. Hours Listed
ByPoslmastev Marshall
Pasfmtister Ralph L. Marshall
this wec.k announced the hours
during ..which the IVeeport _ Boat
Office wfll-.,be kept open from now
until Christinas,
The notice reads;
SatuMay - Parcel Post-Stamp
window will remain-^oben until
6 P.M. • " •
' December 12 to 21st, excepting
December 16th - Windows win open'
at 1:30 A,.M. and will close at 7 P.M.
December 22nd and 24th - Win­dows
-viill open at 8 A.M. and close
' a t 6 ¥M..
Money Order and Postal Savings
: (justness will be transacted from
7:30 A.M. to 6 PJM, December 12th
• 4o 21st, excepting December iSttt
Money order and Postal Savings
busine:^ will be transacted from 9
A.M. to 12 noon on* December 22nd
and a4th.
tChe post office lobby wlU remain
opep : for the' deposit of inaU in
tfrdprf from 7 AJ«I., December lattt
until 0 P.M., December 22nd on "a
> 4wenty. four, hour per. -day basis.
Tto characten.1 In the strined uniforms were the end men at the S»uth
Shore Yacht Club's annual minstrel show last Saturday night, l l i ey are.
left to riffht, Pete Hebl, Frank Flynn, Harold Baynor and Harry
Fileman. I«r. Banjo Is John Macli, while Mike Eisavy, Mr. Interlooutor,
stands behind. Four hMiared persMis enjoyed the hilarious and tnnefui*
caper.
Yacht Cluh Minstrel Show
Plays to 400Persons Saturday
• , More 'Uian- 40i6 ptlPSafflS%cnjoycd'TM'T)iUifrigm'f'W)'ifis^^^^
show put on by talented inembcis of the South Shore Yucht
Clrtb Saturday night, in. the clubhouse. The curtain rose
about 11 o'clock and it was 1:15 A.M., Sunday when it was
tinally rwiig down. Before the perfonuaiice Uot under way
( h e r e w e r e a few h o u r s of cocktails ,Mi,i dm^clnfi. TJie/-,,„ „ x..,miju„«rcB , -
d a n c i n g w n s r e s i m i e d . a f t e r the sliow. The crowd f i n a l l y / „ . . ^ v.«n„.f. J..A T . „ „ . , . » I . » . comM the assemblatto which con^
Iwolip u p at 4 o'clock endinn a.i e v e n t Ihal^ will be l o n g =«^'<'«« ^^^^^ ««rf Lummalres. ^^^^ ^^ app^xlma^iy so football
r e m e m b e r e d by t h e y a c h t s m e n a n d t h e i r w o m e n folk. i toontinued on Page 4> , payers and a lawe turnout of
Church Street Field
lighting Bids Opened
Board Receives Letter
Thanking Officials for
New Bicycle Ordinance
The Village Board opened bids
Monday night on equipment for
lighting the Church street parking
field, which was paevd and im­proved
recently. General Electric
£ompaiiy submitted the lowest ni
i.*.Kea.-bWiiit,.of£erlne.Ctn. supply, the
material* tor' $2,727.63/ Five otberB
submitted estiroates on ' oil the
Items required, hut "Westlnghousc:
Lepon Po^t fetes
Triple A Chanpians
At Dinner Toe^ay
Annual Event Marks
Most Successful Year
For High School Teams
The annual footbaU dinner of
WUllam OUnton Story Post. Ameri­can
Legion. Tuesday night in the
Legion Dugout proved a fitting cele­bration
for the most successful sea­son
ever experienced by the grid­iron
squads of the Preeport High
School.
It marked a .season In which the
combined records of the three teams
— Freshmen, Junlor-iVarsity and
Varslty—totaied 20 victories against
two ties and a single loss. The-
Prosh squad completed a Bohedule
of 7 games with 6 wins and a tie,
and the J-V's one of 8 with 7 vic­tories
and a tie, while the Varsity
won 7 of its 8 games. The single
defeat was sustained at the hands
of Hempstead, 7 to 13, to t h e second
game of the season when the Be*
Devils were still green and Inex­perienced,
also without the services
of a star injured in the prellminftry
practice before the eame got under
way. , . , , "
'' Tlie'achievements ot tVifr Briddera
were acclaimed-by all-the spEikera,
introduced by John- R, Itizzottl,
Electric Company oSteieA prteeo I commqJidBr of Oiti P<!ai, yi/h» ottiei-only
on 12 constant voJtaKB l>aHiuts/ i»'£Cda nxams antotiaosr tmMUttaesro.-ttt ftrat vrcl^
As 0n previous occasions Dot and
Bon Van Tassel were responsible
for the excellence of the perform­ance,
which was opened with an
overture toy Madaline and Her Boys.
After the opening grand march
Mike BIsavy took over as interlocu­tor,
and the end men, Pete Hebl,
Harry FUeman, Frank Plynn and
Harold Baynor took their seats.
I n the singing chorus were Isabel
Raynor, LU Hatfull, Harriet See-bach,
Jrennie fUce, Jo Southytricli:.
Dot Plleman, Bob Dalton, Charlie
Southwick, Don McMurray, Ed
S^eenken, Ken Campbell, Ted Bice,
Ed Velten. Jack O'Donnell and Ed
MartlM.
The dancing chorus comprised
wniy Morris. Dot _ Velten, Helen
Duft^s', Dee Maiselt Helen Nlebling,
Mary boran, Grajice Flynn, Alice
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Merrick Pluns Mass Meeting
On Crisis In Middle East
T w o of the m o s t i n t e r e s t i n g p e r s o n a l i t i e s on t h e A m e r i ­c
a n scene a r c to h e a d l i n e the p r o g r a m of the Nassau-
S u f f o l k C o u n t y - w i d e muss m e e t i n g to c o n s i d e r the Middle
E a s t c r i s i s a n d the A m e r i c a n f o r e i g n policy to be held in
t h e M e r r i c k J e w i s h C e n t r e , 225 Fox b o u l e v a r d , Merrick,
n e x t T h u r s d a y n i g h t a t 8:30 o'clock.
One Is Pierre Van Paassen, an
ElksAnnualMemorialSi^vice
Pays Tribute To 38 Brothers
; ' Tribute was jpaiid to 38 brothers who have died since
• DecemJier 1, 1955, at the 46th annual memorial services of
Freeport Lcwige 1^3, B,P.O. Elks $unday night in the Mer­rick
road clubhouse; Exalted Ruler Eichard A. Hungerford
I'resided, and George Morton Levy, a charter member of the
o4gei 4y»vered tltermeinprial address."
, The acapeUa-dtiQfr of, Mepham
Mgb' School sang two fiiunljers'ai-r
e e ^ d by r i o l . H; Waldein Alderfer.
They were "The Iiord'4 Prayer"
and "Hyric Elelson." William Dc-
Valve presided at tbe organ.
Mr.. Itevy discussed the four
'cardinal aims of the'.order, in his
address. They were Charity, Justice,
; .Brotherly Love and.,^dellty.
Charity, the speaker sald> com-,
prised not only cortarlbutlons of
incney and. properly. Tliese were
only relative, he added, - as those
who have can give more than those
who lack. Real charity, he declared,
coDjetltuted contributions, of en*
couragement,. advice, companion­ship
and real brotherly association.
Justice ' be called a measuring
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expert on the Bilddle East'situa­tion,
who will discuss the serious
danger to the United States and
the Western Alliance brought about
by the penetration by Soviet Russia
into the Middle Cast.
The other is William I. Siegel,
PEDESTRIANS
Are Peqile Tool
KIIMQLY DRIVE CABEPULLY
Autos bare faint more
p e d e s t n a n s . i b i s Tsas, de-spita-
s-a-f e . t j r ' M u e a t hm -.
work, of tbe f ^ s p o z t Po-
.jica'' Oeparbtmnlu Cbxnpar- '-
First 10 Months of Year.
'55 I '5fi
35 injured I 37 injuredt
Tbat'a 37 Too Many .;
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chief of Appeals Bureau, District
Attorney's Office in Brooklyn and
past president of the New York
Metropolitan Council of B'nai
B'rlth, Other speakers will be Dr.
Edward Keufeld, of the Bay Shore
Jewish Centre and a member of
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Ifathers of -the three championship
squads. He also commended Bene­dict
Ciaravino the dinner chairman,
and Frederick W. Batcher, chair­man
of the house committee, whose
Bssociates prepared the excellent
turkey dinner which was served, on
the success of the event,
Leo p. Qlblyn, president of the
Board of Education, was the first to
extend his congratutaflons. He said
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BEKNMARD'B PMABMACT
OPEN All, DAir fiUNDAY
Bemhard's Pharmacy. 54
l&rrlcic: road, wUl remain
until 10 o'clock n ^ Sunday night
after otlier drug itores In Rfeeport
close for'the res* of the day. Its
phone number is PEeeport' a-OOOis,
West
open
Baldwin To Vote Secm0Time
On Controversial School Site
Baldwin School District—which includes northwest
Freeport—it engaged in a heated controversy over tfie pro-pofed
^165,000 site for a gradte school at the foot of tftand
'avenue and Schreiber place, Baldwin Harbor. Known as the
:Herman-Koenig property^ this land measures, nearly 12
laeres.
L Voters in the district will ballot
jagain Tuesday, December .18, on
in .proposition to acquire the site
| j y , ptwchase or condemnatltaj.
.Wlieri the first vote ^ a s taken
November 20, the proposal went
down to defeat by 11 ballots, with
j817 favoring ic and S23 opposed.
• The Baldwin Board of Education
.quickly set the date * for another
election on the questlcoi, feelinp;
'that the first vote was "indecisive."
tr;.
. AlOiough, aistrioti' voters re­jected
the site aoBiiftfilbn, they
gave alnu)st two-to-bne approval
to a $170,000 addlUon i o r the Har­bor
School on'iifilbURiavenu^
iiy a count of ijpff»/<& 690.
A leadtfr of the oppcBlflon Is the.
Baldwin ProperljrOjaBeFS^Associa­tion,
which bases I t e i t a n d on itaf^.
conteatlona; (l). That, th? »««* f""^^
classroom shoUidi 7 lievmet In paiit '
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