Bethpage-Newsgram_1941-08-20

              Events For Grumman Picnic Announced
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Vol. 1. No. 37 WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 20, 1941 Price Five Cents
School Opening
Is Scheduled
For September 2
New Entrants
To Register
On Same Date
The Bethpage Elementary
school will open on Tuesday,
September 2nd, 1941, at 9:00
A. M., according to a recent
release from Victor L. Mil-ler,
Supervising Principal of
the school.
Mr. Miller also stated that
new kindergarten and first grade
children are requested to bring
Birth Certificates for all new
entrants.
Age Requirement
For entrance to khiderg'arten,
the age requirement is that a
child must have become five
years old on or before December
31, 1941. To enter first grade,
the child must have reachcd the
age of six years by December
31st. •
According to Mr. Miller, the
principal's office will be open
from now until school opens.
High School Information
High school pupils who Irave
made arrangements to attend
other than Farmingdale High
School are requested to supply
the office with this information
ibefore the start of school.
Nassau Receives
Many Contracts
Nassau counly busine.ss men
have received 356,626,420 in na-tional
defense contracts from
June 1, 1940, until June 30, 1941.
according to 'a current report of
the Nassau Defense council.
The report disclosed that only
$5,192 was represented in defense
contracts belwcon May 10 and
June 30 this year. In Suffolk
county $80,426,892 in defense
contracts have been awarded
since June 1 I'ast year, of vvliich
$9,213,907 was during the period
from May 16 to June 30, this
year.
BETHPAGE SOCIAL ITEMS
Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Becker
and children of Mineol'a, N. Y.,
and Mr. and Mrs. A. Avend and
their son and daughter, of New
York City, were the Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Waldman of Fifth Street.
Firemen To Meet
On Labor Day
Mr. and Mrs. Emre Altmann
and son Gerald, of Sycamore
Avenue, left Tuesday morning for
Fort Knox, Kentucky, to visit
their son Emre, who is a private
in the army.
Forty-eight entries hav'c al-ready
been received for the 17th
Annual Firemen's Labor Day
Tournament and Parade to be
held in Hicksville, according to
Fire Chief Braun. At least 34
trophies will be awarded to out-standing
fire departments and
companies faking part in the
event. The trophies are on
public display today in a store
show window at Broadway and
Marie Street.
In addition to the handsome
point trophy for the tournament
winner, there will be four
trophies in each of the seven
scheduled contests, plus first and
second place awards for the best
appearing ladies' auxiliary, an
award for 'the best appearing
unit of over fifty men and a
Farmingdale Band
In Last Concert
The Farmingdale Community
Band will hold its last concert
of the season, Thursd'ay evening
at 8:15 p. m. in front of the
Farmingdale High School.
Members of the band from
Bethpage include Joseph Gei-ry,
cornetist, Harry Walton, cor-netist,
and Miriam Finkelstein,
trombonist.
The concert will bo conducted
by Mr. Herman Scholl of Farm-ingdale,
'and the program in-cludes
the following numbers:
"Oracle Overture", "Barnum and
Bailey's Favorites"; Trumpet
Solo, "British Grenadiers", by
William Wilcox; "Gems" from
Stephen Foster; Victor Herbert
favorite; "Thunder & Blazes";
"Martha" Selections; Trumpet
Duet, "Silver Threads Among
tlie Gold", by Robert Dickcy -and
P o t t y Johnston; "Pinafore";
"W a g n e r i a n M a r c h" and
"Soldier's March".
Admission is free and everyone
is invited to attend.
Walther League Plan
Annual Excursion
Tlie annual excursion trip up
the Hudson to Bear Mountain
of the Metropolitan and New
Jersey districts of the Walther
League will be held on Saturday,
September 6th.
Busses will leave the St. Paul's
Lutheran Church at eleven a. m.
Tickets for the bus ride are:
Adults .$1.00 and children 50c.
Tickets for the boat ride are
priced at adults .$1.00 and
children 50c. The same may be
purchased from Walter Baldwin
and Ruth Ludwig, both of Beth-page.
^.rophy for the best appearing
unit with less than 50 men,
Braun reported.
As in previous years, the
loving cups, bronze statues of
firetnen, placques and other
prizes will be awarded winners
at the conclusion of each event.
Presentations will be made on
the Fourth Street racing course
in front of the 6,000-seat grand-stands.
Last year seventy-one com-panies
took part and a new high
record is anticipated this year.
The parade will start at 9 a. m.
and the firematic contests at
1 p. m. Judging of contests will
be by officials of the Nassau
County and New York State
Firemen's Associations.
Robert Starke
Plans Wedding
For August 30
Invitations have been sent out
for the wedding of Robert J.
Starke, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Adolph Starke of Bethpage, to
Miss Harriet C. Williamson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
C. Williamson, of West Drive,
North Massapequa. The wed-ding
is scheduled for Saturday,
August 30, at 5 p. m. The Rev.
Bernhard Bohrer will perform
the ceremony at St. Luke's
Lutheran church, Farmingdale.
Miss Ottille G. Williamson,
sister of the bride, will be her
maid of honor, while Adolph
Starke, brother of the bride-groom,
and Franklin H. William-son,
brother of the bride, will
servo as ushers.
After the wedding, a rcccption
v.'ill be held at the home of the
bride's parents. Both the bride
and groom are alumni of Farm-ingdale
High School.
'^ssau '^tes
Commodore George A. Corry
of Port Washington attributes
his energy at 87 to protracted
periods of standing on his head!
. . , Charles C. Clark, candidate
for Mayor of Long Beach says
he did NOT arrive in that city
on a stolen mule . . . William
Cullen Bryant chose Roslyn for
his home because it was "as
fresh as May." We now hear
of a lady insulted by a man near
Roslyn who, slie says "was fresh
as paint." Well anyway Hemp-stead
harbor, the water near
Roslyn, isn't fresh—it's salt . . .
Truck driver on Route 25A
singing:
"Mineola hits the spot
Twelve square miles and that's
a lot
Mineola is the place for me."
Jusf a Reminder , . .
"The finest treat of fun and
laughter given this town in many
a summer moon is assured local
residents next Tuesday, August
26, 1941, uhon a herd of the
slyest - eyed, buekingest little
burros ever to spill riders will
be the mounts of outstanding
local men and Grumman em-ployees
in a fun-bristling game
of Softball which will be played
under gigantic floodlights", said
Harolvl Looney as a final
reminder to local citizens. Tickets
may be secured at Bogner's
Sweet Shop, Broadway, Beth-page.
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Nassau Ntrses
Plan Program
For Defense
Retired Nurses
To Take Course
In order to be prepared to
meet any emergency that might
occur in the nursing field, the
County Nursing Committe, ap-pointed
by the New York State
Nurses Association at the request
of Hon. Lee B. Mailler, chairman
of the Commi.ssion to formulate
a Long Range Health Program,
has met with the Red Cross,
which is planning an instructor
course in First Aid and Home
Nursing for the fall, and the
superintendents of nurses of all
local hospitals, in order to adopt
a plan which would enable any
inactive or Registered Profes-sional
Nurse who is desirous of
being helpful in the event of a
national emergency. This plan
will enable the nurses who are
interested in coming back into
the field to brush up on new
tschnique and drugs which have
been developed in recent years.
Nurses who are interested in
the First Aid course, or in taking
advantage of the Brush LTp plan
should contact Mrs. Loretta M.
Doty, R. N., chairman of the
Nursing Committee, at the
Nursing Bureau office, 115 North
Bergen Place, Freeport, whore
they will be referred to the
superintendent of nurses of their
local hospital for an interview.
The nurses applying should be
in good health and a graduate
of a recognizod school of nursing.
The brush up will cover a period
of 2 months—4 hour days, 5 day
weeks—A. M. or P. M. to be
determined by the superintendent
of nurses.
Mrs. Albert Lang
Wounded by Bullet
From .22 Rifle
Accident Occurred
On Pleasure Ride
A Bethpage man and
woman narrowly escaped
death on Sunday afternoon
when a stray bullet from a
.22-calibre rifle missed its
target and sped through the
side front window of their
auto.
Enjoying Pleasure Ride
Tiie woman, Mrs. Albert Lang, •
Sr., of Central Boulevard, Beth-page,
was wounded by the
\bullet, which landed in her
ji-ight shoulder, after covering a
distance of mile. Enjoying
an afternoon drive with her
husband, Mrs. Sophie Davis and
Miss Lucy Damm, Mrs. Lang was
struck on Farmingdale-Babylon
Turnpike about 150 feet from
Wellwood A/enue in North
Lindenhurst. Slate T r o o p er
Smith of the Babylon troopers
arrived at the scene of the
accident and, accompanied by
several other troopers, scoured
the nearby woods for the owner
of the rifle.
Attended by Dr. Brown
Dr. Brown, of Babylon, ad-ministered
medical 'aid and later
removed the bullet after Mrs,
Lang had boon taken to the
South Side Hospital.
Keceive Suspended Sentence
William Lcistman, 19, of 19-
14th Street and Wellwood Ave-nue,
North Lindenhurst, and
George Barber, 28, of 346 East
9th Street, Brooklyn, who plead-ed
guilty to tiie charge of hitting
the woman, received a suspended
sentence in Babylon court upon
Mrs. Lang's request.
Dorcas Aid Society
To Hold "Pie Day"
At a short business session
held at tlie beach party last
Tlrarsday, of tho Dorcas Aid
Socioty of tho St. Paul's Luth-eran
Church, it was decided that
an "Apple Pie Day" will be held
this coming Wednesday, August
27tli, in tho church basement.
Orders for pios may either be
sent to Mrs. Fred Bcnkert, or
telephoned to Mrs. Fred Ludwig,
Jr., at Hicksville 133-M., or to
Mrs. Edmund Bohm at Hicks-ville
1225.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS
Tlie United States Civil Service
Commission has announced ex-aminations
for filling accountant
positions, with salaries ranging
from $2,600 to $5,600 a year.
Appropriate responsible and suc-cessful
experience in accounting
or auditing is required. Study
in accountancy or certificate as
certified public acountant will
be accepted for part of the
experience requirement. Experi-ence
as routine accounting or
audit clerk will not be considered
qualifying. Applicants will not
have to take a written test, but
will be rated on their qualifica-tions
as shown in their applica-tions,
subject to corroboration.
Tlie ckising date for reccipt of
applications is September 18,
1941.
Tho Commission has amended
tlic examination for Industrial
Specialists in various fields,
salaries ranging from $2,600 to
$5,600 a year, to allow receipt
of applications until further
notice.
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