Bethpage-Newsgram_1941-07-02

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Largest
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OF ANY WEEKLY
IN THIS VICINITY
Vol. I, No. 30 WEDNESDAY, JULY 2. 1941 Price Five Cents
Deferment May
Be Granted To
Men Reaching 28
Bill Empowers President
To Defer Men Over 28
The Selective Service head-quarters
in Washington has in-formed
the Nassau County's Sel-ective
service boards that they
vi'ill have to us their own judg-ment
as regards the drafting of
men 28 years of age or older,
who may be in line for defer-ment
under a new Senate ap-proved
bill which is now before
the House of Representatives.
Numerous local boards have
made inquiries as to what course
they should take regarding men
who have reached the age of
28 by July 1st.
The provisions of the bill now
before the House would empower
Ihe President to defer men who
are in the upper draft ages from
military training.
Women Golfers
Organize Club
At Bethpage
Women holders of annual and
season tickets at the Bethpage
State Park Golf course have or-ganized
a Women's Golf Club
with Mrs. M. Cotillieard of Glen
Cove being chosen as its head
and Mrs. E. Ramo of Farming-dale
as treasurer.
The club has made plans to
hold weekly tournaments.
'^ssau '^tes
Theodore Pizo, a barber, was
arrested recently in Manhasset
for unlawful possession of a re-volver.
He acquired the gun for
two dollars, a bottle of whiskey
and a shave and a hair cut, and
was planning to shoot the young
lady who jilted him recently (in
1903.) The police have the gun
and Mr. Pizo who now wishes
he had that shave and a haircut
—and maybe that bottle too—if
not whiskey, anyway Bay Rum.
. . . Abe Simon, heavyweight
and Long Beach policeman has
given up pounding his beat for
a chance to pound Massa Joe
Louis . . . The lady who fell in
the Strathmore-Vanderbilt pool
recently was not a dummy
though she was playing bridge.
Wonder if she was playing Lon-don
bridge? . . Gold in a Glen
Cove bam and now silver on
the Sea Cliff shore. Where the
old bathing pavilion used to be
they found dimes and quarters,
nickels and halves, not to men-tion
early American chewing gum
wrappers and one set of ancient
false teeth.
Local Woman
Saves Drowning
Man At Laurelton
Spots Man Going
Down For Second Time
i\Irs. Lillian Grossman of Cen-tral
Avenue, Bethpage, displayed
remarkable courage and swim-ming
ability when she saved a
life by rescuing an unidentified
man from the waters off Laurel-ton
Beach, on Sunday afternoon.
The drowning man was going
under for^ a second time when
Mrs. Grossman spotted him and
with the aid of a fellow swimmer
she succeeded in bringing him
ashore.
Council Urges
Establishment Of
Home Guard Units
Town and Village
Officials Cooperate
The Nassau County Defense
Council has urged the voluntary
registration of all county resi-dents
between the ages of 16 and
65 and the establishment of
Home guard units. Following this
report of the defense council, the
officials of every town and vil-lage
in Nassau County came to
an agreement whereby plans
would be drawn up for the for-mation
of local defense organiza-tions.
The report of the council has
further disclosed research work
made by the council into all
types of emergency work, the
compiling of data on transport-ation
facilities, disposal plants,
housing relief, medical care, pub-lic
utilities and communications.
July 4 Spurs Womens
Defense Council Drive
Local Youth Joins
ll.$. Navy Monday
Reports For Duty
At Washington, D. C.
Bethpage finally has the dis-tinction
of having an officer in
the armed forces of the United
States Navy.
Fred Hildenbrand, Jr., the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Hil-denbrand,
Sr., of 4th Street and
Alice Court, reporthed Monday
to Washington, D. C. for duty as
an ensign in the U. S. Navy.
Frederick is a graduate of
Farmingdale High School and
has just received his deg/ee in
chemical engineering from Pratt
Institute.
Living Costs Rise
For Month Of
May In New York
The living costs for wage earn-ers
in New York have taken a
jump of 2.7% for the month of
May 1941 as compared to May
1940 according to a report re-ceived
by the Division of Indus-trial
Economics of the Confer-ence
Board. Surveys in 56 cities
indicated higher living costs
ranging from 1.1% in some places
to 7.3% in others. These costs are
above the levels of IMay 1940.
SCOUTS GET HONOR BADGES;
CHOOSE NEW SCOUTMASTER
The Boy Scout Troop 118
closed its meeting for the
.summer vacation last Tuesday
night. Prior to closing, the
following boys appeared before
the Bethpage-Farmingdale Court
of Honor and received merit
badges: Jerry McGinty, Public
Health; Robert Nicholson, Metal
Work; Edward Price, Electricity
and Stamp Collecting; James
Walton, Electricity and Stamp
Collecting. Edward Price and
James Walton worked together
in their study of electricity.
Robert Nicholson submitted an
ash stand made entirely of metal.
It is anticipated that at least
10 boys will go to Camp Wau-wepex
at Wading River this
summer.
Mr. O. B. Briggs, the founder
of Troop 118 presented the troop
Plan To Organize Small Units
In Large Areas In Near Future
The Fourth of July has taken on a new meaning for
women according to the latest advices from the Nassau
County Women's Defense Council with headquarters in
the Recreation Building of Adelphi College at Garden City.
Despite heat and holidays new
classes in first aid and motor
mechanics, drives for aluminum
and other objects designated for
conservation, canvassing for the
United Service Organizations,
listing names of women volun-teering
for particular services
and details of clerical work are
claiming the attention and time
of hundreds of women in Nassau
County.
Following advice from Wash-ington
that home defense plans
must be broken down into small
local units, this work is now
under way in most of the incor-porated
communities under the
leadership of the mayors and
other officials, with plans being
developed to do similar organ-izing
in the larger and less com-pact
geographical areas.
To assist in most complete
mutual understanding of the
large program, Mrs. Robert Low
Bacon, chairman of the Long
Island Women in Defense gave
a dinner party at her home in
Westbury Tuesday evening for
the members of the Nassau
County Defense Council and the
executive members and officers
of the Women's Defense Council
of which Mrs. Morgan S. Smith
is chairman.
with a very fine set of wocd-carving
tools.
Since Jimmie Klingenhoefer
was inducted into the Service
for one year, it was necessary
for the committee to find a new
scoutmaster to serve in his
absence. They were fortunate
in getting both a Scoutmaster
and an Assistant Scoutmaster.
Mr. John Ward of Linden Avenue
accepted the post as Scoutmaster
and one of the troops Eagle
Scouts, Robert Damm, as As-sistant
Scoutmaster. The com-
Jnittee feels that the boys are
in capable hands until the return
of their Scoutmaster and the
troop at their last meeting grate-fully
accepted their new leaders.
The troop meetings will be
resumed on the second Tuesday
in September.
Bethpage Child
To Make 1.000
Mile Trip Alone
Miss Betty Jean Norman, 9
years of age, daughter of Mr.
Happy Norman of Stewart Ave-nue,
left Monday afternoon for
Chariton, Iowa, to spend the
summer months.
Miss Norman is making this
trip alone and has a five hour
wait over in Chicago before re-suming
her journey.
Her first stay in Iowa will be
with Mi's. Dean Bennett.
Spuhler Proclaims
Rise In Accidents
For Nassau
Injuries Jump Up,
Fatalities Drop Slightly
Capt. Fred C. Spuhler, Com-mander
of the highway patrol
system,' announced that Nassau
County is unfortunately doing its
share in increasing national toll
of auto accidents and injuries.
Accidents in Nassau totaled
1764 from January through April
this year, compared to 1521 last
year. Injuries also jumped from
501 to 532 but fatalities dropped
slightly from 15 to 14.
Church Society
Fetes Pastor
The Women's Christian Ser-vice
of the Plainedge Methodist
Church tendered a reception to
the Reverend and Mrs. Charles
Hart and son, Monday evening
in the Plainedge Methodist
Church of which Reverend Hart
is the pastor.
Employment Sets
New High For |
Nassau County
Frieda S. Miller, State Indus-trial
Commissioner reported re-cently
that a new high had been
set during May when 1392 jobs
were filled by the three offices of
the New York State Employment
Service in Nassau County.
This is the fourth successive
month in which the employment
service has broken its previous
record for the entire State.
Jack Belscha of Stewart
Avenue and Francis Hausenb'auer
of Farmingdale are camping at
the Wildwood State Park for
two weeks.
Miss Dorothea Spindler of
School Street and Miss Marjorie
Weber of Snyder Lane, met with
a bicycle accident recently. The
wheels were badly damaged and
both girls suffered injuries.