Bethpage-Newsgram_1941-09-17

              Grumman To Fete Veteran Employees
story on Page 3
Jusf A Reminder . ..
Tickets for the second game
of the Grumman-Republlc air-craft
series tonight at the Free-port
Stadium may be purchased
from departmental clerks and at
the personnel department office
in the Grumman Plant 2; at
leading stores in Bethpage and
Farmingdale, and at the Freeport
Stadium box-office.
Proceeds of the series will be
donated to U.S.O. units in Beth-page
and Farmingdale.
If it rains tonight, the game
will be postponed until tomorrow
(Thursday) night.
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PLAINEDGE P.-T.A.
HOLDS ELECTION
OF OFFICERS
The P.-T. A. of the Plainedge
School held its first meeting of
t h e season last Tuesday evening
a t the school, with Mrs. Kenneth
Hawkins, president, presiding.
The Nominating Committee,
consisting of Mr. Kenneth Hawk-ins,
Mr. Robert Zerrenner and
Mrs. A r t h u r Clark, which was
appointed last spring, gave their
r e p o r t and- re-nominated Mrs.
K e n n e t h Hawkins, for President,
Mrs. Alfred Moore, Vice-Presi-dent,
Mr. Robert Zerrener', Trea-s
u r e r and Mrs. Catherine Allen,
S e c r e t a r y .
" At the next meeting, which
will be held some - time in
October, pins will be awarded to
t h e children who completed their
s t u d i e s at the Plainedge School
and who are now attending the
F a r m i n g d a l e School.
Movies will be shown at this
m e e t i n g and r e f r e s h m e n t s will be
served.
NEW RA
Vol. 1. No. 41 3ETHPAGE, N. Y.. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. 1941 12 Five Cents
Auto Dealers To
View New Cars
At Chicago
Mr. LoUiS B. Kellog, owner of
Bayview Motor Sales, and an
employee of the Grummans
Fuselage crew night shift, is
leaving today for Chicago, ac-companied
by his Service Manag-er,
Mr. Joseph Cicogna, where
t h e y will view the new 1942
Nash cars and a t t e n d a national
convention of Nash ^ dealers,
D i s t r i b u t o r s and F a c t o r y officials.
Mr. Kellog said thdt advance
i n f o r m a t i o n indicated that the
new cars will represent an
i m p o r t a n t advance over 1941
models. He saw no departure
f r om the i n d u s t r y ' s normal pro-cedure
of improving its car year
a f t e r year, and said that the
1942 cars would be b e t t e r f r om
a wide v a r i e t y of appearance and
mechanical standpoints.
" I expect to see enough
advancements in the new Nash
"600" to make it the most
completely new development in
t h e automotive world." Mr.
Kellogg declared. "The company
e n t e r e d the lowest-price field
with this car last fall a f t e r four
y e a r s of development and the
expenditure of $7,500,000 and the
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Bethpage P.T.A. To Welcome
New Teachers At Reception
The Parent-Teachers Association of the Bethpage
School held its first meeting last Thursday evening at the
school auditorium, with Mrs. Henry Ebisch, president, offic-iating.
laneous Club, a report of which
will be given at the next meet-ing.
Mr. Victor Miller, Principal,
gave a short talk about the
progress of the school children
and also the benefits to be at-t
a i n e d f r om the showing of the
Nassau Instructional Films.
At the close of the meeting
r e f r e s h m e n t s were served.
" N o t h i n g is r e a l l y work unless
you would r a t h e r be doing some-t
h i n g else."
—Sir James Barrie
Readers Digest
The meeting opened with the
a t t e n d i n g f o r t y members singing
"God Bless America", and with
a Salute to the Flag.
Mr. George Schieder, Miss
J a n e t McGill, f i f t h grade teach-e
r s and Miss Monica Moore,
School nurse in charge of Wel-f
a r e , were welcomed to t h e club,
t o g e t h e r with Mrs. George Bates
and Mrs. S. Dunton as now
members.
The P.-T. A. have subscribed
t o films, supplied by the Nassau
I n s t r u c t i o n a l Film Centre of the
Hempstead High School, Hemp-stead,
N. Y., which will be shown
weekly at the school auditorium.
I t was also decided at this
m e e t i n g to give a reception
welcoming all the teachers. This
j g a t h e r i n g js to be held today at
3:30 p. m. a n d Mrs. J. J. Gifford t ie in charge of the affair.
A discussion was had about
' the members joining a Miscel-
Rapid Progress
Seen On Stewart
Avenue Project
Work on the improvement of
S t e w a r t Avenue, between Beth-page
Railroad crossing and South
Oyster Bay Road progressing
rapidly. The water mains are
now being installed, a f t e r which
t h e paving of the highway will
begin.
Merchants To Revive
Bethpage BMA
Expect L a r g e Turnout of Local
M e r c h a n t s at First M e e t i ng
NASSAU COUNTY ONE OF THREE
TO PERFECT WARNING SYSTEM
Nassau County is one of three counties in which the
"army aircraft warning service" has been perfected, it was
declared in a statement by Colonel Arthur Stewart to
Colonel Thomas M. Sherman, secretary of the Nassau
County Defense Council.
The army aircraft warning
service has established 12 warn-i
n g posts in the county, 11 of
which are manned by American
Legion "members"while' ilie Other^
Fair Closes With
Record Smasliing
Attendance
Esflmate 20,000
Attend Fair Friday
With a record smashing at-tendance
u p s e t t i n g those of many
years the 99th annual Mineola
F a i r came t o a close on Saturday.
Nearly 20,000 attended the
observance of Queens county day
and childrens day, which was
held on Friday. Due to t h e fact
t h a t children accompanied their
p a r e n t s free no a c c u r a t e records
were kept but it was estimated
t h a t the attendance was close
t o 20,000.
Speeches had been planned by
numerous public officials but had
to be canceled due to the
numerous events which were to
be held.
Borough President George U.
Harvey was greeted by Fair
President J. Alfred Valentine and
Deputy Executive Henry J. A.
Collins who represented County
Executive J. Russel Sprague.
The Queens official family
visited the softball grounds
where many of t h em engaged in
an a m a t e u r game.
Concerts by Nassau and Queens
high school bands continued
throughout the day. The many
special events which v/ere held
"for Queens residents a t t r a c t ed
l a r g e crowds and many par-t
i c i p a n t s. This was the first
designated Queens day in the
h i s t o r y of the fair. Directors
announced that they will desig-n
a t e a n o t h e r Queens day for t he
100 year old anniversary next
year.
The g r a n d s t a n d was well filled
at both the afternoon and even-ing
performances of the rodeo
is maintained by Cornelius V.
Whitney.
The service is a unit of the
f i r s t air corps area which ex-tends
from Maine to North
Carolina with numerous inter-ceptor
points one of which is
Mitchel Field.
The service is to be tested out
d u r i n g the air corps maneuvers
which will commence on October
9th " ^ d last until the 16th.
James "Plappy" Norman, chair-man
of the Bethpage chapter of
t h e Nassau defense council, has
called upon the local Boy Scouts
to aid in the a i r c r a f t warning
service during these maneuvers.
Sometime ago the Bethpage
a i r c r a f t warning post set an
example for all others by being
t h e f i r s t post in Nassau County
to spot the planes in the vicinity
and send in t h e i r report.
At an informal meeting
held here a few days ago,
some of the -Bethpage mer-chants
have decided to try
and revive the Bethpage
Businessmen's Association,
an organization which ex-isted
quite a few years ago.
The proposed bus route which
t h e Hicksville Businessmen's
Association has submitted t»
t h e Schenck Transportation for
approval was one of the main
topics of discussion.
The m a j o r i t y of the business-men,-
i t was s t a t e d would oppose
t h i s route on tim arC'JP'^s that
it would take people away' f r om
Bethpage to Hicksville to shop.
One merchant, s t a t e d , "Bethpage
m e r c h a n t s would quickly be
forced to close their doors."
I t was hoped by all those
present at the informal meeting,
t h a t every merchant and pro-fessional
man who has a business
in Bethpage would turn out at
a meeting to be called shortly
to form a new Bethpage Busi-nessmen's
Association, w h i ch
through a united effort would
improve business conditions in
Bethpage.
Newsgram hopes t h a t this new
businessmen's organization when
organized will be a huge successs
and t h a t every live-wire business-man
in Bethpage will join it and
cooperate for the betterment of
all business in Bethpage.
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Bridge Club Holds
Meeting Friday
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A Denial
Last week Newsgram, Inc.,
carried an article to the effect
that the Hepworth Estate on
North Broadway, Bethpage, had
been sold to a Mr. Charles
Jacobsen of Whitestone, L. I.
Mrs. Hepworth denies that the
estate has been sold and states
that Mr. Jacobsen has misin-formed
Newsgram.
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and wild west show and many
of the concessionaires reported
one of their best days.
F a i r President Valentine said
of the attendance, "Already the
f a i r has surpassed all records
f o r the past five years and if
t h e attendance continues pro-p
o r t i o n a t e l y today it will surpass
any year in the past decade."
The Mid-Island Bridge club
held a meeting last Friday at a
luncheon served at Anselmi's.
Mrs. Peggy Stone of Melville was
hostess. A f t e r the luncheon cards
were played and prizes won by
Mrs. E. O. Davis, Mrs. Shaw
Robinson and Mrs. Nettie Bar-n
e t t . The consolation prize was
given to Mrs. J e r r y Robinson.
Those attending were the
above named, together with Mrs.
W a l t e r Seligman of Hicksville,
Mrs. Edward Zitman of Garden
City, Mrs. Enire Altmann, I\Irs.
J . J. Gifford, Mrs. John Ward
and Mrs. H a r r y tSolz of Beth-page,
and Mrs. Lotta Dempsey
of Great Neck.
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