Bethpage-Newsgram_1941-07-09

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BETHPAGE
PLAINEDGE
AND PLAINVIEW
Largest
CIRCULATION
OF ANY WEEKLY
IN THIS VICINITY
Vol. 1. No. 31 WEDNESDAY. JULY 9, 1941 Price Five Cents
Nassau Records
No Fatalities
Over Holiday
580 Accidental Deaths
Occur Throughout U. S.
Nassau County police reported
that 'although the number of
accident fatalities in the nation
over the Fourth of July week-end
exceeded 500, no deaths
occurred in Nassau from auto-mobile
accidents, drownings or
fireworks.
This information followed a
report that no one vras seriously
injured in the au^:D collisions
that, uid occur, and only one
person is said to have been near
drowning.
Suffolk Tragedy
Suffolk County, however, was
the scene of the most horrible
holiday tragedy in the entire
east, when six persons were
killed instantly in a grade cross-ing
accident of the Long Island
Rail Road at the unguarded
Sound Avenue crossing in Mat-tituck.
A ten-year old girl, also
a passenger in the wrecked car
which was dragged 400 yards
before the engineer could bring
the train to a stop, -is in critical
condition in Eastern Long Island
Hospital, Greenport.
580 Killed in Nation
Although complete records had
not yet been made, latest reports
revealed that more than 580
people were killed over In-dependence
Day weekend in 43
states. 377 deaths were the
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'^ssau '^tes
Victor Moore standing aim-lessly
in front of the Penn-sylvania
station magazine stand
waiting for the Freeport flyer
looks just like the ineffectual
stage vice-president the Honor-able
Throttlebottom . . . Dr.
Howard Hintz, A. B., A. M.,
Ph. D., former minister, is now
F*rofessor of English at Brooklyn
College. Director of the Na-tional
Conference of Jews and
Christians as well as a prominent
member of the Manhasset Meet-ing'
House . . . Nassau County
Police, attention. Last week we
saw a suspicious looking charact-er
age about eight, headed for
Hicksville and the City of Glass
with a deadly looking BB gun!
. . . Though Mr. Schuster, one
half of Simon and Schuster, lives
at Sea Cliff, Abe Simon of Long
Beach is not the other half. Abe
is the slamming slugger who
almost toppled that terrible
Louis man.
Spirits Dampened?
Citizens, have you been be-moaning;
the 'dreary rain that
made this Fourth of July a damp
week-end? Have your hearts
ached for owners of beaches,
resorts and restaurants? Well,
take it easy. At least SOME
people enjoyed the holiday.
Theaters and movie houses all
over Long Island and the metro-politan
area recorded the largest
attendance in history over In-dependence
day week-end I
Klug Chosen President
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Hicksville Man
Hurt In Fire
Considerable local attention
has been attracted to the injury
sustained by tx^iAc Dumer,
year-old fireman who was among
the 29 fire fighters hurt in a
spectacular blaze in a downtown
Jvlanhattan office building. The
man is a resident of Hicksvillc,
Long Island.
Durner, who is now recovering
from the effects of shocK and
a singed head, began his fire-fighting
career as a volunteer
with the Plainview fire depart-ment
and is now attached to
Patrol No. 2 of the New York
city fire department, located on
West Third Street, IManhattan.
Discussing the fire, Durner
said that the blaze had probably
smoldered for hours in the office
building. All air had been
consumed and when air reached
the flames, explosions endangered
the lives of the firemen.
Durner and members of the
crew were establishing connec-tions
for a water tower in front
of the building when a blast of
air\ rushed into the flaming
structure, resulting in the ex-plosions.
A sporting goods store
with a stock of cartridges and
photographic films were housed
by the building.
Mr. Durner resides at his home
at 152 Duffy Avenue, Hicksville,
with his wife and nine-year-old
daughter.
Opens Branch
Because of the increased
demand by its many patrons,
IVI a y Company, Hempstead's
oldest friendly Credit jewelers,
has decided to open a branch
store at Farmingdale, Long
Island. Tlie store will be located
zt North Main Street, in
tlie store iyr'iT/erly occupied by
Albert's Housewares. With alter-ations
nearing completion,
Company has announced that the
'new store will be opened on or
about August 1st.
]\Iay Company, widely known
Tor its reliability and fine
quality of jewelry and watches,
will carry a complete line of
blue white diamonds, nationally
advertised watches, silverware,
clocks and gifts of jewelry galore.
The opening of this new store
v/ill make it the most complete
and up-to-the-minute jewelry
store in this locality.
Questionnaires
Issued By Board
The Local Draft Board, No.
712, at the Hicksville Court
House, released t'ne report that
draft questionnaires were mailed
to the following Bethpage men
on July 3:
Bernard Steele of Harrison
Avenue; John F. Dickinson of
Broadway, Edward Wilson of
Stewart Avenue, Edwin Lovejoy
of South First Street, William
F. Stokes of Central Avenue,
William Yahres of Round Swamp
Road and David Bertram of
Stewart Avenue.
Appointment of Amendola jf'
Disputed by Two Members ^'
John W. Klug was reelected president of the Bethpage
board of education at the reorganization meeting held on
Tuesday, July 1. His co-officers are Raymond J. Amendola,
vice-president; Frederick Rompf, district clerk; and Walter
]\Iunday, treasurer.
Dispute Over Appointment
These new officers were elected by the remaining
three members of the board, John W. Klug, Carmino Cava
and Raymond Amendola, since the other two trustees,
Joseph Ellinger and Charles
Schwartz, had refused to sit on
the board if Amendola were
present. Their action was the
result of a dispute over the
legality of Amendola's appoint-ment
to the school board.
BackgrounJ Revealed
Briefly, the history of the
incaie'irT'Tr^fPii/:"" "Xi iieiiduly,, an
incumbent seeking reelection,
was defeated, while Frederick
Kramci% also an incumbent, did
not seek office again. The victoi-s
in the elections Vv-ero Joseph
Ellinger and Francis B. Looney,
' a county patrolman who was
prevented from holding office
due to a police department
regulation. A regular meeting
of the school board on June 24
resulted in the appointment of
Amendola to fill the vacancy,
but Schwartz and Ellinger con-tested
this action, holding that
no vacancy existed at the time.
Tliese two gentlemen walked
out on the meeting. The remain-ing
trustees,—Klug, Cava and
Amendola,—conducted the meet-ing
by themselves.
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Local Army Boys
Have Holidays
Two local boys "in the service
of Uncle Sam" hav"^ recently
spent vacations with t h e ir
families.' They are Private Ray-m.
ond Anderson of Central Ave-nue
and Private Jack IMichaels
or Third Street.
Private Anderson, the son of
INIr. and I'.Irs. Gustavo Anderson,
arrived home a few days ago
to pass the holiday witli his
parents. He is stationed at the
Miller Field Training School,
Staten Island.
Pi'ivate ^Michaels, the son of
Mr. and Ah's. William Michaels,
is home on a thirteen day
furlough. Next Wednesday he
will return to Camp Shelby,
]\Iississippi, where he is stationed.
Republic Employees
Receive Bonuses
The employees of Republic
Aviation Corporation h a v i ng
forfeited their regular summer
vacations, recently received vaca-tion
bonus checks. $70,672.00 in
checks was distributed to 2,398
employees.
All employees were given
holiday with pay in celebration
of the fourth of July.
I n T h e A r m y N ow
*These men haive been inducted into the Array by Selective Service Board No. 712,
Hicksville.
•Emre Altmann
Francis R. Amendola
(Marine Coip.)
*Gustave R. Anderson
*Demo 'Anselmi
Martin D. Candito
(Reg. Army)
•Lawrence E. Cramer
•William Doyle
•Sidney C. Ellerby
*Fred Facardi
*Alex J. Galla
Frederick Hildenbrand
(Navy)
Albert I. JohTison
(Reg. Army)
•Walter Looney
John J. Lorigan
(U. S. Naval Reserve)
John M. Michaels
(Army N. G.)
Lester Muller
(Navy)
*Henry J. Reilly
Arthur F. Smith
(Army N. G.)
Edward J. Temme
(Army N. G.)
Robert Temme
(Reg. Army)
•Ronald Wilson
Bethpage Four <
Stop West Hills
The Bethpage Polo team
defeated W'st Hills, 9-4, on
Sunday at he State Park polo-field.
Bill Thomas led the
Bethpage poloists scoring four
goals; teammate Marty Christen
was close behind with three
goals, and Ed Nager added one
to the score.
Bill Scanlon led the losers
with two goals while Robert
Green and Bill Stransky scored
the remaining West Hills goals.
After chalking up two goals
in the first chukker, the home
team easily defended its lead
through the remainder of the
game. The Bethpage team
prevented scoring by West Hills
during the first, fourth and final
chukkers.
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