The-Leader_1956-12-27

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The Leader Wfsllei||r Ha^y New Year
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21st Year, No. 36
N A S S A U ' S LARGEST WEEKLY"
BALDWIN ROOSEVELT
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PoBce Will Serve
Coffee To Motorists
On New Year's Eve
Drivers Going Home
After Party Can Stop
At Fire He^quarters
Police in Preeport will again help
death take a holiday this New
Year's Eve. IVIotoriats returning
from partte.<i on the holiday iiigii-will
be surrounded by road sii
jnvltini. them to Join the police d'-
- partmtat.for a free cup of iiot co'
fee before continuing their Joui-ney
heme. Chief Peter Eiar a-i-liounced
today.
Behind the iinitiue safety projt
Is a desire ofthe ppiice Departaiei.
to awlte New Year's Eve safe agaii
—JncWftorists. In cooperation witi
tSie Martinson Coffee Company, t);
police will open a^ 24-hour ooffep
bar starting at 10 P.M. in the Prei-port
Fire Headquarters, en Ncrl ^
Main street just north of BmoWsi:
avenue. ' . "
, The Martinson Goffee Company
has supplied the coffee and coffee-making,
equipment.. Officer.^ in the
Police Dcpertment are volunteerins
"•;:e3(:trii; duty tcK-nrnffi'tain. the coffee
b a r . •-. ; . • . . - ' • - : • : • ••• • - . , - .
The i-oad sifrns, to be po.sted en
December 31, read "Pi-ee Coffee for
Tired Drivers." Arrows on the slgiw
point the way to the free coffee
bar.
'More than 76 ottier communities
in Mew York, New Jersey. Massa-cflnisetts
and Rhode Island will be
operating similar coffee bars on
New Year's Eve.
FREEPORT. N. Y., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1956
MERRICK
Weksler Host A+ Christmas Party
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
Church Street FieM
Parking Tokens Popular
Free tokens, which allow
shoppers t« pftrk for two hours
without cost at the Church
street pa-rkln? Hold, have been
well received by both the mer­chants
and their customers.
Because the new car-field is
so near the center of Freeport's
business urea It became very
popular during* the pre-hoUday
season. Parking spaces at the
meters are easier to find after
the <;hristmas shopping runsh.
Cusloniers who want the free
tolien.s are supposed to ask for
them, so that on their next visit
tn Prceport's business area they
will be able to use a token In­stead
of a coin at the Church
street field.
Harry Wchslcr, chairman of the Boanl of the Weksler Thermometer
Conization, enjoys show with Grace llatey. Supervisor o* the Order
Department, at casnpany's »nnnB]-.<;hrittmas'party at BWp's Inrc laat
,Thursday-niffht. ', ^ . ," Phota by Oeorge Becker
Freeport Bank To Pay
3 Per Cent on Savings
Effective Januaiy 1, the Freeport
Banji; will pay 3 per cent interest on
all savings accounts, It was an-
. nouncecl today by Balph W. Taylor,
President of Ui« Banlc. -Deposits
made up to January 16 will earn
Interest at 3 per cent from Janu­ary
I. Interest is computed quar­terly.
Mr. Taylor stated "the in­crease
In interest is in teeplng wltli
the proarresslve attitude the Pre-port
Bank has always assumed."
• NOVEMBEB SAVINGS OP
Savings account balances In New
York State's 237 savings associations
rose $24,293,562 during November to
ft new peak of $2,773,988,409, the
Savings Association League of New
York State reported thto week.
Fathers^ and Boosters' Fete
Red Devil Football Champs
The Freeport High Sehool Hid [>cvils championship
varsity football .s<jua»l was feted by the Fathfre' ami
IJooslers'" Chib at a dinner id fiuy l^onibardo'.s East •P««ii)f
House Thursday night, December 20,
Praise for the record piled up by _'
the Triple champions came from
two newspaper sports writers —
Bob Zellner of Newsday and MBce
Lfc« of the Ijong Island Priess — and
two professional sportsmen —
"Howdy" Myers, director of athlet­ics
at Hofstra College, and Fresco
Thompson, an eKecutive of the
Brooldyn Dodgers,
Enthusiastic reports on the
school's feeling for the team were
given by Dr. John W. Dodd, super-ititendent
of schools, and Clifton
B. Smith, vice-president of the
Board 01 Education, representing
Leo F. Gtblyn, who was unable to
attend because of the presswe of
holiday business.
Jerry Bagatelle, president of the
Fathers' and Boosters' Club, was
toastmaster at the dinner. Shori;
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Old Elterich Home Yields
20 Truck Loads of Debris
When Philip Nickelsberg bought a deserted, boarded-up
house on Cottage court he thought he %vas geitiii|i just a
' dwelling with some okl furniJure. Bui he found lie had
acLqausti i'cTdh uar sdloayt mMorr. e.N lckelsberg
and his son, A^er, drove to the
old buUdlng to look it over. They
-•:.opened a. door, but their entramse
, was" Mocked. Ill tiimt^ of them
'/loomed pile after pile ©Abandoned
, new^apos, magazines, furniture.
-.fags, clotfies and misceUaneons ar>
.Odes' several 'feet high. "Hiey
.; fcrougfit a touct:«lilcli 'ttey•.JlUei I
time after time—probably more
than 20 truckloads.
Cronated. Kematns Fotmd
A can, about the size required to
hold a gallon of paint, came to
light. On it was a label saying the
can contained the ashes of Helen
W. Miton, cremated at the Middle
VUlage crematory iln Jfl33. It was
.,... (Conttriuedon Page^ajJ s.» T
35 Christinas Baskets
DeKvered By K of C.
The Archbishop MoUoy Coun­cil;
Knights of Columbus. In Free-port
delivered over 38 baslcets of
grooerlea to needy families In the
community before the Holidays, as
their part In spreading Christmaji
Joy. The baskets, depending on the
size of the family, contained, tur­keys,
chicken, or ham, with all the
trimmings. '
Last week they also held a Christ­mas
party for over ZOO under­privileged
children, recommended
to them by the St. Vincent de Paul
Society. The children were treated
to a feast and supftHed with gifts
from Santa Claus..^
In making prejiaratlons for «the
New Tear's Eve party -the touncll
has asked all members to make their
reservatloijs early as «nly a limited
number can-be-afeommodated. The
celebration to start at nine o'clock
tn the evening will be held at the
K. of C, Hall at 97 Broadway.
KBK Properties Lose
Appeal for Variance
Firm's Move To Escape
Buffer Zone Ordinance
Is Denied Second Time
_KBK^ PropfertlitB was" denlt^A i
varlancQ December 19 when for the
<!C-cond tim'e it requested a variance
from the required buffer zone and
Side-yard transition at lt.% new
building—occupied by the Nassau
County bankers' clearing house—on
South Bergen place.
George Fairberg, Zoning Board of
AppcBls Chairman, said at the
hearing that the application should
liaVB been made before a driveway
on the building's north side was
paved. He said testimony at the first
hearing showed that the village's
Building Inspector called the build­er's
attention to the required five-foot
buffer zone, but on his next
inspection found that this entire
are? had been paved.
Slihu Berman, representing KBK
Properties, based his new appeal
largely on a contention that there
had been a change from Hesidential
Apartment to Business AA zoning
on ihe opposite (west> side of Ber­gen
place since KBK Properties
completed Its structure.
Replying to this argument. Mr.
Fairberg stated that If the appeal
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Crevoiserat Speaks
To Norieast Civics
On Water Department
Superintendent Cites
Use of 925 Hydrants
By Village Without Cost
The Freeport Water Department
is entirely self-supporting despite
Uie fact that It charges rates lower
th«n any otheis in this section of
Long Island and provides B25- hy­drants
nt no cost whatever to the
village, the Northeast Civic Associa­tion
was told Friday, night at Its
meeting in V.P.W. Hall' by IVUllani
Ci'evatserBt. Superintendent of the
department
No restrlctlonB on use .will, be re­quired
after two. newly-completed
wells go into operation, tlie apeafier
said, since eight wells \will liiako
13,000,000 "gaUonS avaUatile (dally.
This. Improvement will Siap nji the
water: pressure.f<jr flte-flghUng as
well as provWe-a better supply to
consume] s at hours of maximum de­mand.
. Mr. |CrovoiEcrat.-,.ieyealecl~..<thiit -
e\ccwlc.' 'wcVla -.talijta. tM> yfOSJtx-. up'
from more than 600 feet unfler the
earth'.<; surface so that it caxi flow
through transmission lines about
100 miles long below the village
streets.
Lime is continually added to com­bat
rust, but during the past year
chlorlnation took place only 10 days,
the Superintendent said. He doubted
that even this much chlorlnation
was actually needed, because the
samples probably came from dirty
fauoels. but the autiiorlties ordered
it as a purely precautionary mea­sure.
Prices are only about 12 per cent
higher than a half-centtury ago.
The Water Department's entire
support comes from 8,200 consum­ers,
who grow In number at the
rate of 300 or 400 a year and pay
nearly $230,000 annually.
The association unanimously
adopted resolutions urging:
1» A pre-he«ring on the School
District budgets each year, to be
attended by representatives of all
Freeport civic groups. President
Arvld Nordstrom named Charles
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BERKLEY ON SUNDAY;
COHEN'S on NEW TEAK'S
Berkley Pharmacy, 2B6 North
Main street, wUl remain open until
10 o'clock Sunday night after other
Freeport drug stores close for the
rest of the day. Its phone number
Is Mteeport S-S665.
Tile "same service will be. per­formed
on New Year's Day by
Cohen's ^eeport Ehrug Store, 8fr,
South ''Main street, ielephoae
I?Beeport frr<(W'#i. i U'» ^i V*..!;'", *',
Sm^all Boy's Leg Fractured
When He is Dragged by Car
struck by an auto and caught under it Saturday, .p nine-yoar-
okl boy was dragged about 100 feet. His leg was frac­tured,
but the driver's caution in stopping the car gradually
1n ay have prevented the •wheels from running oyer him and
causing more serious injiiry,
Walter Livingston Of 336 Atlantic
avenue had been walking across
Atlantic avenue at South Bay ave­nue
from the south to the north
side shortly alter «:30 VM. with his
father, Lee Livingston, 34. It was
raining and the payment was wet.
The driver, Boy H/WUdc, 29 of 9,15
Hastings street, Baldwin,-toW police
lamt when he reaUzeii what had
happened he avoWed^stdpptog the
car too fast so Its wheels wdtildn't
<aie.,daerr:M!rippti«.*i»«; also,'
struck by the auto, but needed
treadMieht «?nly for a" forehead
laceration, iskter Dr. Rudolph Jd^
seph treated both of the Injured
penspiMj at the scene, they were
t a t e i t(x^ poctois Hospital- Mr.
Uviti^tmi went home Sunday
wWlr^ie boy's coaadltlon requlFed
him to Eta|r,at the hospital longer.
There were 11 other accidents in
R r e ^ r t on Friday. Saturday and
Sunday, Hut no personal injuries
resulted Jn any of the auto aasheSf -: