Bethpage-Newsgram_1941-05-02

              Grumman Increasing Airplane Output
Am An American^^ Day
To Be Observed May 18th
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS Public Resolution No. 67, approved
May 3, 1940 (54 Stat. 178), provides, in part:
That the third Sunday in May each year be, and
hereby is, set aside as Citizenship Day and that the
President of the United States is hereby authorized
and requested to issue annually a proclamatic-n setting
aside that day as a public occasion for the recognition
of all who, by coming of age or naturalization, have
attained the status of citizenship, and the day shall be
designated as "I Am An American Day";
That the civil and educational authorities of States,
counties, cities, and towns be, and they are hereby,
urged to make plans for the proper observance of this
day and for the full instruction of future citizens in
their responsibilities and opportunities as citizens of
the United States and of the States and localities in
which they reside:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSE-VELT,
President of the United States of America, do
hereby designate Sunday, May 18, 1941, as "I Am An
American" Day and urge that this day be observed as
a public occasion in recognition of our citizens who
have attained their majority or who have been
naturalized within the past year. And I do call upon
all Federal, State, and local officials, and all patriotic,
civil, and educational organizations to join in exercises
calculated to impress upon all our citizens, both
naturalized, the special significance of citizenship in
this Nation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United States of
America to be affixed.
DONE at the City of Washington this 27th day
of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred
and forty-one, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the one hundred and sixty-fifth.
SEAL FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
By the President
SUMNER WELLES,
Acting Secretary of State.
'^ssau '^tes
There's just the question of
who owns a million dollars worth
of land over Freeport way
Vv'here a real estate company
and the Town of Hempstead are
both claiming title.
* * *
They're holding bicycle rides
from Freeport to Westbury and
fetum.
Six navy mosquito boats
roared into Hempstead harbor
l-ast week each carrying .four
torpedoes and 4050 horsepower
in three Packard motors. "Where
do you sleep" someone asked
the sailors. "Nobody can sleep
on these boats when they're
under weigh*. T*h ey « bounce."
Remember Dick Barthelmess?
Well he's been seen over on
Route 25A recently and was not
a motion picture.
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SEE PAGE FOUR WSGRAM Vol. I, No. 21 FRIDAY, MAY 2. 1941 12 Price Five Cents
Council Finds Needs
For Many Improvements
Cominunity Award
Set For June
Fire Dept. Legion
To Make Awards
The Community Award which
was made possible through the
contributions of residents of
Bethpage, will be presented to
Frederick Kramer, during the
month of June.
The Bethpage Fire Department
are contemplating an award to be
presented to the family of the
late Francis Fox, who gave his
life for another boy. This will
no doubt be presented at the
same time as the Community
award.
It is also understood that the
American Legion will naake an
award to Fred Kramer and this
will be presented at the above
time.
Defense Bonds
On Sale At P. 0.
Let Us Do Our Part
—Buy A Bond
The United States Defense
Savings Bonds and Postal Sav-ings
Stamps will be placed on
sale in the Post Office at the
opening of business on Thursday,
May, 1, as part of the national
effort to make America impreg-nable.
Postmaster Harry A. Stolz an-nounced
today that plans are
nearly completed for this com-munity,
along with thousands of
others from coast to coast, to do
its full part at the opening of
the savings program. It is ex-pected
that members of the Com-munity
Council and othei: civic
leaders will be among the first
purchaser of savings bonds and
stamps here.
Postmaster General Frank C.
Walker, in a letter to Postmas-ters
throughout the country, said
that the help of local postmasters
would be "a real service to the
country". He transmitted the
thanks of Secretary of the Treas-ury
Morgenthau for the help that
local postmasters had already
given in the sale of United States
securities, and also Mr. Morgen-thau's
thanks in advance "for the
co-operation which he knows you
will give to this new effort".
The new Defense Savings Bond
is similar to the familiar "Baby
Bond", of which more than five
billion dollars worth have been
bought by more than two and a
half million Americans since
1935.
A Defense Bond may be pur-chased
May 1, or thereafter, for
$18.75. In ten years, this bond
will be worth $25.00. This is an
increase of 33 1/3 per cent, equal
to an annual interest return of
2.9 per cent, compounded semi-annually.
Any time after sixty
days from the date of purchase,
the bond may be redeemed for
cash, in accordance with a table
of redemption values printed on
tne face of the bond.
To spread investments widely
among all the people in America,
a limit of $5,000 has been set on
the amount of these bonds to be
bought by any one person in one
year. The bonds are in denomin-ations
of $25, $50, $100, $500
and $1,000, all of which are sold
for 75 per cent of their maturity
value and all of which mature in
ten years.
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Extension of Broadway, Street \
Signs, Traffic Light Discussed ]
The Commimity Council held its regular monthly meet-ing
Thursday, April 24th at the Bethpage Fire House. Needs
for many improvements due to the increase in population
and business, were discussed.
Extension of Broadway
The main topic of discussion
was the extension of Broadway
to the Hempstead Turnpike. It
was stated that the extension of
the present roadway is a vital
necessity if the business houses
on Broadway expect lo keep
Broadway the main stem of the
business section; otherwise bus-iness
will gradually move to an-other
street.
In connection with the exten-sion
of Broadway, Raymond —.
Amendola was appointed a com-mittee
of one by Robert I. Chapel
to investigate the possibilities of
this project.
Street Sign Essential
Street signs were also a lively
topic. The possibilities of pro-curing
an appropriation for the
erection of these signs were dis-cussed
in view of the fact that
visitors and even local resident^
have considerable difficulty in
finding different streets because
of the absence of signs.
Traffic Ligiit Necessary
The nistallation of a traffic
light at Broadway and Central
Avenue was also deemed a neces-sary
item as this intersection
has long been regarded as dan-gerous.
Gariiage Disposal
The committee appointed to
handle the garbage removal prop-osition
for the community headed
osition for the community and
headed by Frank Simmons, re-ported
progress on securing
signers to the petition to bring
this service to Bethpage.
The next meeting of the Com-munity
Council is scheduled for
May 29th.
Voters To Decide
Water Sale
Will Ballot May 14
From 7 to 9 P. M.
All persons owning real estate
within the Central Park Water
District will be eligible to vote
on the issue of the sale of water
by Central Park Water District
to the South Farrpingdale Water
District, it was announced by
Edwin M. McQueen, Town Clerk
of the Town of Oyster Bay, and
Frank C. Gilbert, Town Clerk
of the Town of Hempstead.
Voting hours were set from 7
p. m. to 9 p. m.
Should this proposition be
approved by the electors and by
the State Water Power and
Control Commission, water will
be furnished to about 30
residents in North Massapequa
section of the South Farmingdale
District.
Vamps Hold
Installation
In ceremonies held at Maggi's
fTavern last Saturday night, Sal
J. Greco and other re-elected
officers of the Bethpage Fire
Department were installed.
Additional members who took
their seats of office were Albert
Grafenstein, first deputy chief,
son of the late Mrs. Rose
Grafenstein. Charles Campagna,
second deputy chief, Dominick
Rozzi, seci'etary, Edward Seng-stacken,
treasurer, Harold Kost-er,
financial secretary, Edward
Thomas and Fred Benkert,
trustees.
William Ahearn was the
master of ceremonies for the
occasion. He introduced Andrew
Kaufman who officiated at the
induction.
The Rev. Michael J. Hartigan
was installed as the Catholic
Chaplain of the department.
We must be willing to pay a
price for freedom for no price
tliat is ever asked for it IN htiif
the cost of doing witliout it.
To Register Women
For Defense Work
The American Legion Auxiliary
is cooperating with the Nassau
County Woman's Committee For
Defense, in a plan of voluntary
registration of women as to their
abilities and training to fit into
a program of total defense.
Registration will be at the
School, Monday, May 19th. and
May 36th from S to 9 p. m.
A'delphi College is cooperating
with the tabulations.
Any man can stand up to his
opponents: Give me the man who
can stand up to his friends.
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