Bethpage-Newsgram_1941-09-24

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Vol. 1, No. 42 btirtrMoc, N. I.. vVEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24. 1941 12 Five Cents
Merchants Hofstra College
Will Meet On
All Businessmen Expected To A t t e nd
M e e t i n g A t Local Restaurant
It was learned today from
authoratitive sources that
the businessmen of Beth-page
will hold a meeting at
the Colonial Restaurant, on
Broadway, on Friday evening at
9 o'clock. This meeting, it is said,
will be held for the purpose of
organizing a businessmen's asso-ciation
which would endeavor to
improve business conditions in
Bethpage.
Many improvements are needed
in the business section it is said
and these could only be obtained
by a determined united effort
on the part of the business as
a whole.
Nevvsgram was informed that
notices would be sent out to all
Bethpage business and profes-sional
men asking that they
endeavor to attend this meeting
and cooperate in organizing this
new venture. A 100% turnout
is expected.
The calling of this meeting
follows an informal meeting held
last week, for the purpose of
learning how many merchants
would be interested in an or-ganization
of this type.
Legion Auxiliary
Holds Regular
Monthly Meeting
The Archie McCord Unit of
the American Legion Auxiliary
of Bethpage, held its regular
monthly meeting at the home of
Mrs. Caroline Ellinger, Thurs-day
evening.
Mrs. E. Nelson gave reports of
the County Meeting and election
of officers took place. The fol-lowing
were elected for the new
year: President, Mrs. Marion
Belsha; f i r s t vice-president,
Mrs, Rose Moulton; second vice-president,
Brs. Agatha Sc!i>v:irtz,
treasurer, Mrs. Carrie Payne;
secretary, Mrs. Edna Nelson;
sergeant-at-urms, Mrs. Mae Stur-geon;
delegates, Mrs. M. Belsha,
Mrs. E. N e l s o n , Mrs. A.
Schwartz; chaplain, Mrs. C.
Ellinger, cplor guard, Mrs, A.
Schwartz; color bearer, Mrs. D.
Nagle, executive committee,
Mrs. M. Belficha, Mrs. E. Nel-son
and Mrs. J. Lauman.
After the meeting delicious rt-freshmenls
were served.
Archie McCord Post Elects
Officers At Meeting Thursday
Last Thursday evening the Archie McCord Post No. 6,
American Legion, held a meeting at the home of Harry
Belsha, commander, of Stewart Avenue, who presided at
the meeting.
Election of officers took place and the following were
elected: Charles Schwartz, Commander; Walter Hartjen,
First Vice Commander and Pub- of the Archie McCord Post in
licity; Milton Sturgeon, Second
Vice Commander and Member-ship;
Joseph Ellinger, Third Vice
Commander and Entertainment;
Harry Belsha, Adjutant; Walter
Payne, Finance officer; Walter
Severson, Sergeant-At-Arms and
Julius Heberer, Chaplain.
One of the main topics of
the Air Manoeuvcrs, which are
to be held between October 9th
and 16th. Further details will
be published at a later date.
James "Happy" Norman, deleg-ate,
Walter Hartjen and Andrea
Kritter, Alternates, will attend
the County Meeting on Sept-ember
26th at the new Court
House, Mineola, N. Y.
N A S S A U DEFENSE C O U N C I L H AS
50 L O C A L S U B - D I V I S I O NS
Col. Thomas M. Sherman, secretary to the executive committee
of the Nassau County Defense Council, told the Hempstead Lions
Club yesterday that the county organization now has 50 local councils
operating under it as sub- divis-ions.
These cover 61 of the 63
villages in the county. Col. Sher-man
was the guest speaker at
the weekly meeting of the club
in the Hempstead Restaurant,
Franklin Street.
Sherman explained that local
councils set up without the
authorization of the County
Council were illegal. There are
five major divisions in the
county organization as it is now
operating, he said.
The divisions are: Fire and
Police, Public Works and Public
Utilities, General Administra-tion
(registering • and assigning
volunteer workers). Recreation
and Education, and Health and
Welfare.
At the suggestion of Presi-dent
Ernest D. Marshall, the
club voted to invite the Hemp-stead
Rotary Club members to
be its luncheon 2;uests Oct. 2.
Academic Year
s t a r t i n g its seventh academic
year. Hofstra College opened its
classroom doors yesterday, with
students in the liberal arts
college starting in the morning
and classes in business adminis-tration
and education scheduled
to s t a r t in the afternoon.
Nearly 1,000 students were ex-pected
to attend opening se.s-sions,
to be greeted by the fac-ulty
of SO, including nine new
members of the liberal arts
teaching staff, throe in the div-ision
of education and three on
the evening staff teaching bus-iness
administration.
Returning students encounter-ed
a number of changes on the
campus. A dozen maple trees
were planted ai'ound the quad-rangle
during the Summer and
500 pines now line the walls of
Calkins Gymnasium.
Dorcess A i d To
H o l d Community
Supper O c t . 15
The Dorcas Aid of the St.
Paul's Lutheran Church will
sponsor a Community Supper to
be held on October 15th between
the hours of six and eight p. m.
Mrs. Jacob Schaaf is chair-man
and Mrs. Gustav Anderson
is co-chairman of the affair.
Tickets are now available and
may be purchased from any
member of the Doi-cas Aid So-ciety.
Joseph Miller, an employee of
the Long Island Railroad, sta-tioned
at Bethpage, will leave
October 1, 1941 for Bibical
College, Intercession City, Fla.
where he will finish his training
for the ministry.
New Civil Service Exams
The Civil Service Commission
today announced an examination
to secure information specialists
to meet the demands of various
Government a g e n c i e s . T he
salaries i^ange from 2,600 to
$4,600 a year. Optional branches
are press and publications, and
radio. Professional experience in
editing or writing for a news-paper,
national magazine, or in-formational
r - r icii, or in radio
informational work is required.
Appropriate education may be
substituted for a part of the
experience. Applications must
be filed not later than October
23, 1941.
Other examinations announced
include:
Junior Physicist, $2,000 a year.
Completion of a 4-year college
course with special study in
physics is required. There is
special need for physicists in the
fields of radio and sound. Ap-plications
may be filed until
f u r t h e r notice.
Assistant Observer in Meter-ology,
$1,620 a year, for employ-ment
in the Weather Bureau,
Department of Commerce. Com-pletion
of 2 years of college study
including mathematics or physics,
or 2 years of full-time paid
experience as a meteorological
observer is required. Applica-tions
must be filed not later than
October 23, 1941.
Assistant and Junior Agricul-tural
Statistician, $2,600 and
$2,000 a year, respectively, for
employment in the Argicultural
Marketing Service, Department
of Agriculture. For the junior
grade completion of and ap-propriate
4-year college course
is necessary; for the assistant,
college study plus experience in
statistical work relating to agri-culture.
Experience on a farm
is also desirable. Applications
must be filed not later than
October 23, 1941.
Full information as to the
requirements for these examina-tions,
and application forms, may
be obtained from the Secretary
of the Board of U. S, Civil
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Jusf A Reminder .. •
A general meeting of the Beth-page
chapter of the National
Defense Council will be held at
8:30'P. M. on Tuesday evening
at the Bethpage Fire House on
Stewart Avenue. All citizens of
Bethpage who are interested in
National Defense work, and com-mittees
of the council are urged
to uc<end. This meeting will be
the first general meeting to be
held since the organizing of the
council on August 29th.
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Dance Art Studio
Opens For 1941-42
The Dance Art Studio of 117
Broadway, Hicks/ille, L. I.
(telephone Hicksvilie 1435) has
opened for the 1941-42 season,
/^fter a very successful spring
i'iddie revue, in whicli the child-ren
had 'ample opportunity to
show marked ability in voice,
dancing and musical comedy, the
young students are now looking
forward to resuming theii- stud-ies
with their very able teachers,
the Misses Swobod'a.
The studio, which is the most
modern in this part of Long
Island, is equipped with exercise
bars, dressing rooms, etc., for
tlie convenience of pupils and
mothers. It is located in the
center of Hicksvilie at 117
Broadway.
Watch for Miss Swoboda's
next kiddie revue in the near
future, and start your child to-day.
23th Anniversary
I\Iore than 50 relatives, friends
,and business associates of Mr.
and Mrs. John J. Gifford visited
them at their home on North
Brcadway, Saturday, at an in-formal
"at home" in celebration
of their 25th wedding anniversary.
The couple received many gifts,
c?rds and telegrams of congratu-lations.
Residents of Bethpage since
3921, Mr. and Mrs. Gifford were
in'arried in Brooklyn, but Mrs.
Gifford's r?arents v.ere born in
Central Park, now Bethpage,
and lier grandfather, J o hn
Weaver, was the first postmaster
of the community.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Gifford aro
active in civic affairs in the com-munity
and county.
They have two children, John,
Ji., and Mildred.
Long Island Editor
Speaks Over WGBB
Arthur L, Hodges, editor of
the Nassau Daily Revic.v-Star
and Geoffrey W. Ware, district
director of the WPA Community
Service Program in Long Island
were t h e speakers this past We(J-nesday
on the 'WPA on the /Vir'
program, a weekly feature of
radio station WGBB, each Wed-nesday
at 2 p. m.