Bethpage-Newsgram_1941-10-29

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Grumman Plans Credit
Auto Collision
Injures Three
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Take Notice
Two prominent local businessmen were injured last Thursday when
a car operated by Robert I. Chapel, well known Bethpage resident,
became involved in an accident ith another car operated by Mr. Nor-man
C. Godfrey of South Broad-way,
Hicksville, last Thursday
night on Broadway, near Roose-velt
Avenue, Hicksville.
Mr. Godfrey, who operates the
Godfrey Implement Company, lo-cated
on Scewart and Central
Avenues in Bethpage, had a pos-sible
skull fracture, possible rib
fracture, and a laceration of the
left eye. Mrs. Lena Godfrey, who
•was riding with Mr. Godfrey, at
the time, has a possible skull
fracture and lacerations of the
face. Both were taken to Meadow-brook
Hospital for treatment.
Chapel escaped with a small cut
between the eyes.
The collision was head-on and
both cars were damaged tadly.
Patrolman John W. Schier aid-ed
at the scene.
VOL. 1 NO 47 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1941 82 PRICE: 5 CENTS
Please take notice that an elec-tion
will be held at the school
house in Union Free District No.
21, Town of Oyster Bay, tonight
for the purpose of electing one
member to the board of education
to fill the unexpired term caused
by the resignation of Francis
Looney. The oplls are open from
4 p. "m. to 9 p. m.
51 Pupils Placed
On Honor Roll
For October
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E d u c a t i o n C f a s i s es
W.P.A. Classes To Begin
Thursday Evening At High School
Local Troop
Participates In
Girl Scout Week
The Mid-Island Council of Girl
Scouts inaugurated the opening
of Scout Week by holding a ser-vice
entitled "Scouts Own" at the
East Street school in Hicksville
on Sunday afternoon.
A welcome address was given
by Mrs. Edgar Z. Wallover of
Jericho, commissioner of the
council. This was followed by a
song "Scout Hymn."
The program for the afternoon
was laid out in three parts. The
Bethpage Troop under the leader-ship
of Catherine Sietz partici-pated
in part three of the pro-gram
"Music and Dancing." Oth-er
troops and their leaders who
took part in the program are
Brownie Troop 18 of Farmingdale,
Mrs. Alfred Russell; Troop 17 of
Hicksville; Mrs. George Frier;
Intermediate Troop 19 of Hicks-ville,
Mrs. Russel Swift; Interme-diate
Troop 3 of Hicksville, Mrs.
Charles Hodges; Intermediate
roop 15 of Westbury, Miss Ade-laide
Dwyer; Intermediate Troop
24 of Syosset, Mrs. Franklin Kurt;
Intermediate Troop 12 of West-bury,
Mrs. William Hicks; Inter-mediate
Troop 11 of Farmingdale,
Mrs. Edward Lindros; Interme-riate
Troop 14 of Westbury, Mrs.
George Munro ; Intermediate
Troop 5, Mrs. Lester Pynson; In-termediate
Troop 1 of Jericho,
Miss Gloria Goettal; Intermediate
Troop 15 of Jericho, Miss Ann
Cherob.
The complete program for the
Scout Week is Girl Scout Sun-day,
October 26; Homemaking
Day, October 27; Citizenship Day,
Tuesday, October 28; Health and
Safety Day, Wednesday, October
29; International Friendship Day,
Thursday Arts and Crafts Day,
Friday; and Out of Doors Day on
Saturday.
According to a report received
from Victor L. Miller, Bethpage
school principal, the following
students have been placed on the
honor roll for the month of Oc-tober
:
Grade 8—Emil Olsen, Gladys
Suchert, Peter Poletti; Grade 7—
Florence Dana, June _Ludwig,
Marjorie Meyer, Judith Simone,
Graham Margot, Antoinette Pa-trizio,
and Kuno Schwarz; Grade
6—Audrey Benkert, Dolores De-
Fanis, Richard Fox, Dorothy Zuk,
Fred Schrimpe, and Nina Mess-ing;
Grade 5—Eileen Niemczyk,
Ronald Luttge, Joan Thorne;
Grade 4—Marion Block; Grade 3
—Anne Barton, Fred Ludwig,
Doris Luttge, and Gerald Seitz;
Grade 2—Lawrence Buzzerio, Billy
Fcwkes, Corliss Kenyon, Ingeborg
Schwarz, Robert Strauber, Audrey
Winters, and Norman Young;
Grade 1—^Jean Vigliotta, Lolores
Tucciarone,' John Scarpino, Kath-erine
Rogxis, Barbara Podsiadlo,
Walter Munday, A^ice Lohmann,
Judith Knudsen, Joyce Keuchler,
Eileen Kavanagh, Eunice Jensen,
Dorothy Jens, Anna Greco, Mary
Ellen Gesslein, Arline DellAria,
Clarice Danielsson, Lois Christen-sen,
Jacques Caffrey, George
Bates, and Marion Amendola.
One-hundred and ninety-nine
students had perfect attendance
during this period.
Adult education courses, to be
conducted by the School for Adult
Education of the Work Projects
Administration, will begin in the
Hicksville High School on Thm's-day
evening, November 6; ac-cording
to an announcement from
Eric H. LeBarron, Superintendent
of the Hicksville Schools. Regis-trations
will be taken in the high
school on Tuesday and Thursday
evenings, October "8 and 30, from
seven to nine o'clock.
The subjects being offered will
include Americanization and Citi-zensihip,
dressmaking , millinery,
Gregg stenography, typewriting
and bookkeeping. It is expected
that a Spanish course can be
added and those interested in
taking this subject are advised to
leave their names and addresses
with the registrars at the school.
All adults over seventeen years
of age, and not attending a public
school, are eligible to join. No tu-ition
fees are charged, but the
students are requu-ed to furnish
the materials necessary for the
successful completion of their
course. A registration charge of
$1.00 to cover all of the subjects
selected by the student, is charged.
Students of Americanization and
Citizenship are exempt, as are
N.Y.A. employees and others re-quii-
ing such exemption, the an-nouncement
concludes.
Literacy Te^ts
To Be Given At
Bethpage
Literacy tests will be given in
the school on October 28th and
30th from 7 to 9 p.m.
Eligibility. The following per-sons
are entitled to apply for cer-tificates
of literacy:
1. Foreign-born persons who
are applying for, or have received
their second or "final" citizen-ship
papers and will be entitled to
vote at the next election.
2. Native-born persons who will
be entitled to vote at the next
election.
Evidence of literacy. Certificates
of literacy shall be issued to "new
voters" as follows:
1. To applicants whose creden-tials
show that they have success-fully
completed the work pre-scribed
for the sixth grade of the
public day schools of Uie State.
2. To applicants whose creden-tials
show that they have com-pleted
a course in reading and
writing English equivalent to that
required of sixth grade pupils in
the public elementary schools of
the State.
3. To all applicants who have
passed an examination or test
authorized by the Commissioner.
This test shall be known as the
New York State Regents literacy
test.
KRAEMER URGES VOTERS TO ELECT HIM
In a statement made last week
Frederick P. Kraemer, candidate
for school trustee on the Beth-page
School Board declared that
Raymond Amendola has already
been responsible for "unnecessary
legal expenses amounting to over
$400." Kraemer urged the tax-payers
to support him and elect
him to the trustee position to-night.
Amendola, who ran for the
trustee position laqt May 7th was
defeated by Francis B. Looney,
youthful lawyer and Nassau
county patrolman. Looney was
unable to take office due to a
departmental ruling by Police
Commissioner Abram Skidmore.
The majority mebers of the
board at the time, John W. Klug,
Carmino Cava and Raymond J.
Amendola declared that a vacancy
existed and appointed Amendola
to fill the vacancy left by Looney.
In the meantime Superiiatendent
of Schools John W. Chisholm to
whom Looney had forwarded his
resignation withheld official ac-ceptance
of the resignation.
Charles Schwarz and Joseph
Elllinger, also members of the
Bethpage board contested the ac-tion
of the majority members and
refused to sit on the board at the
meetings In Amendola's presence.
The case was then taken before
State Commissioner of Education
Ernest E. Coles who nullified
Amendola's appointment.
Kraemer, a former board mem-ber
with six years experience,
claims the legal expense resulting
from presenting the case before
Commissioner Coles to rule out
Amendola's appointment was due
to Aniendola voting for himself.
Two weeks ago Amendola an-nounced
his intention to run for
the trustee position. Amendola
says he is running on his past
record. Mr. Amendola further
states, "The people this year have
enjoyed the lowest school tax in
the past twenty-five years." This
low rate is due to two things, he
says, the economical administra-tion
of the school board and an
increase in assessed valuation.
150 air raid wardens from dif-ferent
parts of the county were
sworn in at the police auditorium
before a crowd of 1,000 last Thurs-day
night.
One of the highlights of the
ceremonies was the speech of
New York State civilian defense
director. Major General John F.
O'Ryan. General O'Ryan said;
"Analyze the arguments of those
persons who contend that we have
no interest in the outcome of the
war. If they tell you," he said,
"that Hitler cannot invade Amer-ica
because he has been unable to
cross the English Channel, remind
•them that the Channel has not
been crossed by an invading army
since William the Conqueror. The
Atlantic has been crossed again
and again."
General O'Ryan said that a
"war is dependent for success-on
morale."
County Executive J. Russel
Sprague then pledged the con-tinued
support of the Nassau de-fense
council. He related the sur-vey
made by county officials and
of the forming of the defense
unit. Sprague said, "The council
has been doing very fine work,
and we have confidence in its
ability to analyze the situation
properly and take adequate steps.
The county administration will
allot any funds certified as neces-sary
to prepare for defense," said
Sprague.
Following talks by Carl J. Beil-nett,
Chairman of the county de-fense
unit and Mrs. Arthur Turn-er,
national director of air raid
, protection of the American Wo-men's
voluntary services, there
was an overture played by the
Freeport Fire Department band
and the 150 wardens were then
sworn in by Sprague.
Col. Thomas M. Sherman acted
as the master of ceremonies.
Willis B. Carmen of Farming-dale
was sworn in as the air raid
warden for zone 9, which covers
Bethpage, Farmingdale, Hicksville,
Plainview, Jericho, Westbury and
Carle Place.
It was announced by R. S.
Healy, Chief of Staff that train-ing
courses for wardens will be
held at Hicksville, Roslyn and
Rockville Centre schools.
Masons To Give
Annual Party
An annual card party will be
given by tlie Masonic Club at the
Masonic Temple, West Nicholal
Street, Hicksville, on Hallowe'en
night, Friday, October 31, 1941,
at 8:30 p.m. Refreshments will be
served after the games, and a
door prize will be given. The ad-mission
will be fifty cents.
KEEP EM ROLLING, KEEP EM FLYING! KEEP DEMOCRACY FROM DYING