Bethpage-Newsgram_1941-08-27

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NEWSGR A M Local Vamps
Vol. 1. No. 38 BETHPAGE. N. Y.WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 27, 1941 12 Five Cents
BULLETIN
At the regular meeting of
the Bethpage school board
held last night, plans were
made to contact immediately
the Willis Flooring Company,
of Patchogue, L. I., to
resume work on improve-ments
in the local school.
The board is doing *'every-thing
in its power" to insure
the completion of construc-tion
so that the school may
open on schedule. Unless
s o m e unforseen situation
arises, all Bethpage children
will return to school on
Tuesday, September 2.
Ten Inducted
By Local Board
The following men were
ordered for draft induction by
Local Board No. 712, Hicksville,
Long Island, on August 28th,
1941: Ramon Abreu, 124 East
107th Street, New York City;
Ross Philip Marturano, 45-08
40th Street, Long Island City;
Francis Frederick Kuhne, 40-23
Murray Street, Flushing; George
Cornelius Tucker, 203 New-bridge
Road, Bellmore; Alex
White Vogel, 131 Conklin Street,
Farmingdale; Jack Ridge Null,
313 Cedar Avenue, Connellsville,
Penna.; Christian Henry Rohr-bach,
17 Thorman Avenue,
Hicksville; Charles Walter Sred-nicki,
McCoun's Lane, Glen
Head; James William Seeley, 29
Columbia Street, Farmingdale;
and Henry Lee Scadlock, Delray
Beach, Florida.
You Know That....
by Charles McDermott, Jr.
Two weeks ago John A. Eyre
rode 1,500 feot along the L. I.
R. R. tracks at Westbury in his
automobile before he was
arrested? Tallulah Bankhcad is
playing stock at Cedarhurst?
Long Island Sound has a man-made
island on which stands the
410 foot high, 50,000 watt,
transmitting apparatus of C. B.
S.? The first golf club in the
United States was incorporated
September 22, 1891, on the
Shinnecock Hills? Hey wood Hale
Broun, son of the late columnist,
is now at Camp Upton? Maude
Adams still lives at Ronkon-koma
?
You didn't know all this?
Well, we didn't either until we
looked it up. Got any interest-ing
L. I. facts? Well, why not
tell us?
Harriet E. West,
Lester Ketcham,
Wed On Sunday
Rev. Peters Officiates
In Local Ceremony
A wedding of interest to local
residents took place Sunday
afternoon at the St. Thomas
Episcopal Church of Farming-dale,
N. Y., when Miss Harriet
Elizabeth West, daughter of
John H. West, of Hempstead
Turnpike, Bethpage, and the late
Mrs. Josephine West, was
married to Lester Elliot Ket-cham,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Ketcham of Amity/ille. The
ceremony took place at 2 p. m.
with the Rev. S. R. Peters
officiating.
The bride . was given in
marriage by her father, and was
attired in a white taffeta gown.
Her finger tip veil fell from a
coronet of orange blossoms and
she carried a bouquet of white
gladioli and baby breath, Mrs.
William Watt, sister of the bride,
was matron of honor. She was
dressed in blue taffet'a aad wore
a matching hat of tulle. Her
bouquet was of maroon gladioli
and blue delphiniums. Norman
Reid of St. Albans, N. Y. was
the best man, while Herbert
Smith of Farmingdale 'and Wil-liam
Watt of Bethpage ushered.
A wedding supper for sixty-five
guests followed at the
bride's home.
The couple left for a trip to
Vermont and New Hampshire,
and upon their return will make
their home in Amityvillc.
The bride is a graduate of
the Farmingdale Pligh School and
Oneonta Normal School. She is
a teaclier of the fourth grade
in the Amityville School.
Mr. Ketcham is a graduate of
the Amityville High School and
is a contractor.
Defense Council
To Meet Friday
The first meeting of the Beth-page
chapter of the National
Defense Council will be held at
8:30 on Friday evening, August
29, at the Theodore Roosevelt
clubhouse.
At this time, the whole pro-gram
of the defense council will
be explained by speakers from
national headquarters. Since this
will be the initial meeting of
the non-partisan, patriotic or-ganization,
all citizens are urged
to attend.
Enter Tourney
The Bethpage Fire Department
and Plainview Fire Company,
Inc. have filed entries for the
17th Annual Hicksville Firemen's
Labor Day Tournament and
Parade, it was announced re-cently
by Fred Miller, chairman
of the tournament committee.
Seventy-one companies and
firematic units of Long Island
took part in the annual tourna-ment
last year and all signs
indicate a greater field of
competition this year.
Thirty-five trophies will be
awarded this year at Hicksville
with prizes for first to fourth
places assured in each of the
seven competitions. The parade
of more than 5,000 firemen and
TO TEACH BRAILLE TRANSCRIPTION
Braille transcription, a ten-hour course for volunteers
who wish to use ther free time to aid the blind will be
offered at the Nassau Red Cross Chapter House, Old
Country Road, Mineola, Thursday mornings at 10 o'clock
beginning September 4.
Candidates will be taught to use the Braille slate and
to transcribe books, reviews, essays and similar works into
the now universal raised print for the blind.
The Braille department of the
Nassau Chapter under the leader-ship
of Mrs. Henry Rogers, Lo-cust
Valley, as chairman is con-stantly
at work turning out
materials for libraries, schools
and individuals.
According to Mrs. Rogers, the
members of the group trans-cribe
a great number of short
works needed by the blind child-ren
at the Wadleigh High School
in New York.
"We also do special assign-ments
requested by individuals",
Mrs. Rogers said, "like the blind
telephone solicitor for whom we
transcribed a special telephone
directory for her territory."
"Slates, which are very in-expensive
are most used although
some of the more experienced
members use the Braille type-writer",
the chairman noted in
pointing out that Braille trans-cription
can easily be done almost
anywhere".
FROM THE MAILBOX
Mrs. A. E. Ocker
Dies In Mineola
Wife of Ex-FIre Chief
Succumbs to Month's Illness
Mrs. Albertha E. Ocker, 48, of
Plainview Road, Plainview, died
at Nassau Hospital, Mineola, on
Sunday, after an illness of more
than a month. She was the wife
of Anthony C. Ocker, Jr., ex-chief
of the Plainview fire de-partment.
A resident of Plainview for the
past 23 years, Mrs. Ocker was
s e c r e t a r y of the auxiliary
of the Plainview fire department,
and a member of the Emra chap-ter
of the Order of Eastern Star.
In addition to her husband,
she leaves their two children,
Edmund and Grace, who both live
in Plainview a sister, Mrs. Eva
Dickey of Brooklyn, and two
brothers, Harry Hopgood of
Brooklyn and John Hopgood of
Bethpage.
, , by C. J. McDermott
Here's a letter suggesting that
the name of our towns be
alliterated. It is from Thomas
Gates of Brooklyn who proposes
that a one word description be
added to names of L. I. towns
so that the people may know
what to expect. Here are some
of his suggestions:
Bumptious Brooklyn
Gracious Grecnport
Fertile Farmingdale
Sleepy Setauket
Busy Babylon
Elegant East Hampton
Swanky Southampton
Windswept Westhampton
Gorgeous Glen Cove
Opulen Oyster Bay
Restful Roslyn
Modern Manhasset
Go Getting Great Neck
Booming Bethpage
Sentimental Sag Harbor
Hectic Hempstead
Quiet Quogue
Straight Laced Sea Cliff
And another from our severest
critic, H. S. B., of Connecticut.
"Y'often write bunk
And phrase it punk.
But I gotta concede it
I always read it."
We'd like to say you're an awful
bore
But that might make the editor
sore,
A columnist must be polite
For "The customer is always
right."
Questionnaires Sent
To Bethpage Men
The remaining men of Beth-page
who registered on July 1,
1941, recently received draft
questionnaires for Local Board
No. 712.
The men are: Edward H.
Schultz, Jr., Cedar and Ever-green
Avenues; Alfred J. Kub-icke.
Old Round Swamp Road;
Joseph L. Kasper, Seaman Ave-nue;
Luther M. Epps, Jr., Broad-way;
Theodore L. Damm, Stew-art
Avenue; Walter J. Cereoli,
Central Boulevard; John J. Gif-ford,
Jr., North Broadway; and
Oswald Smith, Central Avenue.
They're doing so much—They
as\ but little! Give to the
U. S. O.!
their auxiliary members expected
together with their equipment
will be held Monday morning,
September 1, starting at nine
o'clock. Henry Gebhardt, past
president of Nassau County
Firemen's Association, will be
grand marshal.
The Labor Day event, rated
by volunteer fire departments as
the climax of the annual tourna-ment
round, will be preceded
by a community block dance on
W.Marie St., Hicksville, on Sat-urday
night, August 30.
Sal Greco is chief of the Beth-page
Department, which has
promised to bring a band for
participation in the Labor Day
parade.
Writers' Project
To Broadcast
Over WGBB
Long Island Series
Scheduled by WPA
A series of "Long Island
Guides and Histories" broad-casts,
designed to acquaint
Nassau and Suffolk citizens with
the New York State WPA
Writers Project, will emanate
from station WGBB, Freeport,
every Wednesday at 2:00 P. M.
by arrangement with Henry F.
Malone, State Supervisor of the
writers' program. The highlights
of historical Nassau and Suffolk
counties will be emphasized dur-ing
cach broadcast by Sidney
Forman, Long Island director of
the Writers' Unit.
WGBB. called "Lon^ Island's
Own Station", is the only radio
station originating in Nassau
County.
BETHPAGE
SOCIAL ITEMS
Miss Betty Jean Norman, 9-
year old daughter of Mr. James
Norman, returned last night
after spending the summer visit-ing
in Iowa. Miss Norma made
the trip alone.
Harry Belscha Jr. and Walter
Payne Jr. spent last week-end
in Newport, R. I. at the naval
base where their friend, James
Bonner, formerly of Bethpage, is
stationed.
Because there were not suf-ficient
members present to con-stitute
a quorum, the regular
monthly meeting of the Com-munity
Council was postponed
until the September meeting.
LOUISE BEAMAN TO SING
WITH WPA SYMPHONY
The Nassau - Suffolk WPA
Symphony Orchestra concert
slated for Thursday night,
August 28, at Long Beach, will'
have as guest soloist the well-known
Louise Beaman, operatic
and radio soorano.