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20th Year, No. 41 FREEPORT, N. Y., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 19o« FIVE CENTS PER COP?
Brotherhood Dinner
Thursday, February 9,
At Episcopal Church
Clergy Council Sponsors
Annual Interfaith Event;
Mayor To Graet Guests
Pi-eeporfs annual Brotherhood
Dinner will be held next Thursday
nigliC, FebrtiBry 9, at 7 o'clock to
the Episcopal Parish House, coroer
of Pine street and Long Beach ave­nue.
The inlerfaith Clergy Council
has charge of arrangements for the
event.
Mayor William F, Glackeii will
dflivcr the welcoming addres.s. Other
speeches will be kept to a niinunum.
A choral group from the Cleveland
Avenue School is scheduled to sing
under the direction of Mr. Schnel-ler.
The evening will be devoted
largely to an opportunity lor enjoy­ing
good food and fellowsliip.
Twenty young men of the Episco­pal
Church and Union Reform Tem­ple
wll provide service to the tables.
The .Brothsrhood Dinner is open
" "$2 "each'^ may'^ be-pwr(auisBa"fffi5ail»i|a
tne various ojuwohes and congrega­tions
or the service clubs.
Ernest Behrens Is Appointed
T^assau County Vr^erSherifl
l - r i i l ' s l II. Hi-lirciiH. 48 Sautli L«ing B««eh a v e n u e , hns
been ii[)piiiiiU>(l I'licler Slu'riff of Nassuii Cmmly, siiccewliiin
JtKsi" Combes, who was a p p o i n t e d S h t r i l f following tht-l
U a l h (if II. Alfretl V o l l i m r lusl year.
Mr. Behrens came to Preeporl In
emolition Or
New Under-sheriff
School Men To Speak
At Southwest Meeting
Leo P. GJblyn, president of the
Board of Ekiucation. Superintendent
of Schools John W. Dodd and other
members of the Board of Educatiou
arc to speak at the monthly meeting
of the Southwest Civic Association
Tuesday niglit at 8:30 o'clock in
the Bayview Avenue School. Tlie
meeting ha.s b«en advanced a day
to enable the scliool officials to
attend.
They are to bring the members of
the association up to date concern­ing
the plans for the new high
Pond site for which the City of
school to be erected' on the Milburn
New York has turned a deed over
to the Board of Education. Gregory
W. Murray, president, Is to preside.
CANNON PHASMBMP^
TO STAY OPEN SUNDAY
The Cannon Pharmacy, 6 South
Main street, will remain open until
10 o'clock Sunday night after other
drug stores in Freeport close during
the afternoon tor the rest ot the
day. Its phone number is Freeport
8-0041.
E i i t i S T lt''"BEH»ENS ,
Marshall is Chairman
Of Red Cross Drive
Po9!master Ralph L. Marshall ha.'^
been named chairman for Freeport
in the annual fund ratslng cam­paign
of the International Red
Cross to be started on March 1.
A meeting of campolgn worker.-.
WR.s held in the home of Mrs. Harry
Peldstein, 166 South l,ong Beach
avenue, Tuesday night at «:30
o'clock as a kickoff for taie fund
raising.
Open bou-se will be maintained on
Thursday. Bdarch 1, In the Chapter
House, Old Country road. Mlneola,
to get the drive under way.
I 1923 and established the Plaza
Goodie Shop. Becoming Interested
\ in politics as a Republican, he was i
: r.ppolnted custodian of votiJit; ma-1
: chines in ithe Nassau County Dc- ;
i partmpnt of Elections, a pasilion he '
I lield until 195X when he became a |
iiorided deputy sheriff. The appoint- j
.'netit to his prc.Hcnt office was made -
tiy Sheriff Conibe.'s on Jaiuinry 24. f
Mr. Behrens was elected a Repub- |
l:i-im Committeemen in 1S33 and ^
now represents the 491 h Election '
Isistrio: of F'reeport in thai ciiiju-•
•. ;ty. He also is on the excrulive
i-imiinitlee of the Nassau County !
ricpublit-an organlKalion. His al- I
:iltatiuns include membership in i
; Freeport Lodge 12&3, B.P.O.EIk,s.
I Spartan IjOdge, F. & A.M., and |
' William Clinton Story Legion Post.
Peter KeBy, Bepublican leader of
•"#'rSSptj^vH^l5li?.v^^rSeic5f"e3^TeB^ct?^iB
nfiol'I&j. He expressed confidence in
Mr. Behrens' ability and pointed
nut that Freeport as one of the
largest communities of the County
and c-ne of the strongest Republican
stronghold.? was eii'litlcd to 'his
recognition.
ater
Damage Four Stores
Villiige officiniK hnvc i i r d c r c d ( I i i n o l i l i o n <»f a firc-swepl
IniiUIing ill 4K-r>l Wf.st Mrrrii-li roml, coiitjiining I'dur liusi-iifHs
fsisiliH.shiiK'iils, while c o u n l v iiivcstij^jtlors cuiiliiuii- to
svvk lh<' I'uusf of Hutiihiy iiii^hl'n ,11(10,0(10 lilazi'.
Fin-iiH'ii biiUk'd lh<' rhiiiU'N Iwo lioiir.s h f f o i v {•I'lliiig
IIH'III iitidiT c o n t r o l , jiiid c'oiitiiHifd on thily a i i o t l uT lwi>
luiiirs lu m a k e sun- l-lic sparlcs %voiild not t i a r r up uHlain.
I About n vamps were injured,
I none of Ihem seriously. Hie Pree-prri
innergemy truck treated two
• 01- thrpp voluriteer.i who had hurt
Iheir feet on nails, while most of
I the oUiers reicivcri o.'w.vgen after
;-behig avcrconif by .smoke. Dr. Diivid
A. Tuirnne. Fire Department Sur-
Elar Defends Youth
At Delinquency Panel
V.F.W. Will Conduct
Scrap Drive Sunday
Henry Theodore Molrr Post,
V.P.W., is to conduct its monthly
waste paper and scrap pick-up next
Sunday. Member«, manning trucks,
will start the rounds ot the village
at 9 A.M., picking up bundles of
newspapers, metal, rags and any
oUter material left at the curb
which can be sold for the benefit of
the post.
Vote on Proposed High School
Is Scheduled For March 22
T h e F r e e p o r t School D i s t r i c t will v o l e Tlmi-sday, March
22, f r om noon u n t i l 9 P.M. on t h e propostMl hlflh school al
M i l b u r n P o n d , it is a n n o u n c e d by t h e B o a r d of Etiuctiti.on.
At the same time, qualified voters, • ~"
may decide In a separate vote i tton at Its next meeting February
•whether they wish to Include a ] i s to the Atkinson School,
swimming pool la the plans. The
high school may cast about $3,750.-
000, but a more accurate estlgnate
concerning the ccst of the twllding
and tlie extra ouaay reqiured for a
pobl will probably lie submitted to
..the Citizens committee for Educa-
Registration for the election will
take place—for those wtoo failed to
r o i s t e r for the balloting on the
Milbtum Pond site last June—at
Freeport High School Monday,
March 12, from 7 o'cloclc In the
momlDg until 8 o'clock at night.
Retail Center Planned
On Foreman Property
Flans for an Acme supermarket
and abjjul eighl other stores at the
Sunrise highway properly fonnerly
occupied bv the C. Milton Foreman
homestead were announced this
week by Julius M. Gerzof, Freeport
lawyer, who with two a.ssoeiates pur­chased
the site from the Foreman
e&ate.
It is understood that parking for
about 200 aulos will be provided al
the shopping area, The parcel has
a Sunrise highway frontage of 332
feet. Its original depth averaging
240 feet between Bergen place and
Ocean avenue has been extended on
the Bergen place side by the pur­chase
of H house there from Joseph
Harris.
The Acme food market will occupy
•200.00 square feet, according to re­liable
reports. Many fii-ms have
shown Interest in renting the other
stores, which will probably be com­pleted
before next January.
V.F.W. Post Denies
Selling Dance Tickets
The Freeport VJ-.W. Post is not
sellng tickets for a dance of any
kind, according to an announcement
by Donald Gaynor, Commander, It
has been called to the attention of
the veterans that local people re­ceived
phone calls asking £hem to
buy tickets at fS each for tills pur-pose,
Contmander Gayner warns the
public that Hem? Theodore Mohr
Post, V J.W., lias no connection with
this affair.
Three Speakers Discuss
Phases of Problem at
Meeting on January 25
Police Chief Peter Elar rose do
the defense of Freeport teen-agers
at a panel discussion on luvenile
'tn>?£Ke;Muaicli}al. Bim^iiig,
BPon. wa.s kepi busy caring for the
injured.
Meanwhile, the century-old bulid-liiR's
roof collapsed, dropping a
mass ot flamUiB debrb Into the
• I'Patroiihoif JMapiV'Bachiity'Df •tij»"'
An unscheduled speaker, Chief r"'"*^^ J"*"*^® discovered the MaEe
Elar furnislied statistics to support ''"'' ""^"^^^ » " ^ alarm box short-his
contention that "In Preeport My®^""'® ^•3<* ^-M-at the comer of
Juvenile delinquency Is no problem i Church street, a few hundred feed
at all." He .said th*l out of 30,000 p * ' ' ' ' ^ - ' *"''* flames were visible
populatlDn only 16 young people are ^'"wsh «" upstairs window of the
considered a*eal problems—a number
which has remained fairly constant
for .several years.
Prior to a questlon-and-an.wer
period there were three speakers.
Dr. Maxwell Wolff, Profes.ior of
Sociology a I New York University;
Sidney Lutzen, Director of Commu­nity
Organization for the" State
Aucllcn Outlet, a variety store at
60 Wcit Merrick road, where the
.second floor wus used for storage
purposes by the Auction Outlet
managcmeijt,
Henry Von Elm, Inc.. ln.<iurance
aB«icy at the eii.^itcrn end of the
ruined fjlructurc, was damaged by
Water as was also Miilin's liaber-
Youih Commission, and Village PQ. j dashcry shop at the west end. Ma­lice
Justice Paul Kelly^ David K, Hn's e x p e r i e n c e d .some smoke
damage.
Porlunntely, Bornhard's Phar­macy
next door rn a separate build-iTig
at 54 West Merrick road, was
able to open tor business the very
next day, as only a limited amount
over the dcsirabUity of whippings or; of,. ,„,^^g^. ^^^^ ^^^^ ^..^^ j„j^ ^^^^
"corporal punishment" In disciplin-! store.
ing children. Each group appeared; Adjoining buildings were saved
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Kadane, Chairman of the local Park
Commission, presided.
During an open discussion with
the audience participating, the >
greatest difference of opinion arose [
Larkin To Install Officers
Of Freeport Republican Club
Pn'Kidiiig S u p e r v i s o r Fl^lwiU'd P. Larkiii will instull the
nfnccr.s of llit- F r e r p o r t Rtpiihliciin CJiih Stitunltiy iiiglit,
F i ' h r t i n r y l l , ^ | . 8;:H> o'clock in tlir Klks ('luh.
The Installation committee, head-) T^'
ed by County Welfare Commis­sioner
Robert D. Campbell, will try
to make this an owtstandtog event,
A buffet supper b planned.
1ft addition, there will be dancing
Jory POrbes will sing. The officer*
to be Installed are:
Fred A, Hager, Pi-esident; Mabel
Belner, Honorary Vice-President;
Stuart K, Wallace, First Vice-Presl-to
the music of Anthony Mlrabella's j *ent: Ethel Gilbert. Second Vice
orchestra. Since the date on tare
eve of Lincoln's Birthday talk this
year on a Sattirday, It la expected
thait a capacity turnout will crowd
the raka Club for the occasion,
eanwiel D. Gerber, retiring Presi-
President; Edward E. Yamln,
Treasurer; Juliet Glraud, Recording
Secretary; George Benhett Smith,
Corresponding Secretary; Mary ML
Kerns Financial Secretary, and Jo«
seph StocDonald, Sergeant-at-Arma.
Freeport Leader Peter C Kellf
dent, win call the meeting to order ^111 Install the officers ot the Ee-and
Introduce the speakers. Mar- publican Recruits,