Bethpage-Newsgram_1941-11-19

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THANKSGIVING P A i THANKSGIVING
EDITION 1 iC YYdv7l KMI V I EDITION
VOL. 1. NO. 50 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1941 -1 ^ ^ 82 PRICE: 5 CENTS
Local Youths
Escape Crash
Sisia Boys Witness Grade Crossing
Accident, Have Narrow Escape
Two local youths narrowly escaped death last Wednesday when
the car in which they were riding jist slid across the tracks in time
at the Old Country Road railroad crossing at Mineola. The boys
after passing t^e crossing screamed z
frantic warings to an onrushing
truck which was struck by engine
169 pulling the Cannonball Ex-press,
killing six men instantly.
The boys, Louis and Jerry Sisia,
were riding in a car operated by
Walter Graham of 18 Lincoln
Boulevard, Hempstead. The three
shouted and waved at the truck
only to be misunderstood by the
men in the truck who waved
back. Oraham then brought his
car to a stop and the three boys
looked back as the truck reached
the middle of the crossing and was
struck by the ta-ain. \Vliat they
saw horrified them. Wreckage was
tossed high into the air as the
bodies of the men were hurtled to
both sides.
The men w!ho were killed were
employed at Republic Homes, a
development located in Farming-dale
and were refcurnirg home
from work. The seventh man in
the accident died in Meadowbrook
Hospital on Thursday morning.
The gateman, Ernest Roy Wat-kins,
35, of 86-08 Jerome Avenue,
Ozone Park, was held for 2nd de-grp"
manslaughter. He admitted
the gates were not lowered for the
train.
Train after train was delayed
and many commuters from this
section were hours late in arriv-ing
home.
ANNE NELSON
JUDGED WINNER
OF DANCE CONTEST
Voters To Elect
Commissioner
The Bethpage Fire District will
hold a meeting of elections on
Thursday evening, December 2nd,
1941, in the Fire House on Stew-art
Avenue, between the hours of
7:00 and 10:00 p. m. for the pur-pose
of electing a commissioner
to fill the. vacancy, of Herman
Klingelhoefer.
WALTHER LEAGUE
VOTES GIFT TO
ANNIVERSARY FUND
Last Friday's barn dance at the
Parochial in Hicksville, gave the
folks an opportunity to exhibit
their dancing ability. For tlie
best waltzing a silver loving cup
had been donated by Mr. F. Eb-erhardt,
of Hicksville, and the
contest was judged by the Swo-boda
Sisters of the Dance Art
Studio of Hicksville.
After eliminating contestants
except for two couples the winner.
Miss Anne Nelson of Hicksville
and her partner of Westbury were
chosen as winners. The other re-maining
couple was not chosen,
because, first: the young lady's
posture was very poor, second:
her left hand, which belongs on
the gentleman's right shoulder was
around his neck on his left shoul-der,
which is a definite mistake
in ballroom dancing. In the be-ginning
many of the couples were
eliminateci becausr they were
dancing a foxtrot to a waltz.
Members of the Walther League
of St. Paul Lutheran church,
Stewart avenue, Bethpage, voted
a donation to the Golden Anni-versary
fund which is now being
raised by the Walther Leagues at
a business meeting held at the
church last week.
During the meeting, the mem-bers
of the organization discussed
plans for a membership drive to
induce boys and girls to join the
league and to induce former mem-bers
of tlie league to rejoin.
Walter Baldwin of Stewart ave-nue,
president of the Walther
League, presided at the meeting.
Following the discussion of the
membei-ship drive, it was decided
to eliminate formal committees
and to make each individual be
responsible for at least one mem-ber.
A social hour wound up
the meeting.
Local Librarian
Lists Many New
Available Books
Non-fiction Reading
Becoming Popular
The members of St. Paul's Lu-theran
church, Bethpage, held
their annual congregational meet-ing
last Thursday, November 13.
The Rev. Edmund Bohm, pastor,
presided. Officers for the coming
year were elected.
According to Mrs. Mathilda
Fredericks, librarian of the Betii-page
library, non-fiction reading
is rapidly becoming more popular
because of the present trend of
authors to present facts to their
readers in a more interesting
light which makes statistics ap-pear
entertaining.
Part of this popular upswing
can be traced to aircraft workers
seeking books relating to their
work at the defense plants.
Mi's. Fredericks listed many new
books which are available at the
library. The new books which can
be had at the library include:
"Inside Latin America," Gun-ther;
"Wood Carving as a Hob-by,"
Faulkner; "Unless the Wind
Turns," Walker; "The Case of the
Empty Tin" Gardner; "Evil Un-der
the Sun," Christie; "With
This Ring," Elberhart; "The Dust
Wiiich is God," Benet; "Long
Week-end," Estes; "Season's
Greeting," Lewis; "Hell's Acres,"
Grimstead; "That Day Alone,"
Van Paassen; "Winds of God,"
Bacheller; "Four Years of Para-dise,"
Johnson; "Vengeance Trail,"
Strand; "Saratoga Ti'unk," Fer-ber;
"Aviation from Shop to Sky,"
Floridie; "Major and the Kitten,"
Burnett; "Pejeen," S t o c k a n ;
"Western Star," Allen; "Brownie
of the Circus," Hai-per; "Gold
Book Story Parade,"; "Into the
Wind," Mallette; "Nicholas Arn-old,";
"Toolmaker," Lansing;
"Mystery iii the Little Red School-house,"
Or ton; "Mr. Pink," Heal.
Also, "Blind Colt," Rounds;
"Home Handicraft for Girls,"
Hall; "Son of Smoky Sea," Na-thunk;
"Big Family," Partridge;
"Hitler Cannot Conquer Russia,"
Hindus; "Universal Military Ser-vice,"
Summers; "How to Debate,"
Swan;" University Debate," Phelps;
"Strictly Personal," Maugham;
"Reveille in Washington," Leach;
"Berlin Diary," Schirer; "Freedom
of the Press," Seldes; "Defense
for America." Wliite; "Cokesbury
Shower Book," and "The Sun is
My Undoing," by Steen.
Police Conduct
Safety Campaign
Two Local Service Stations Designated
As Official Testing Stations In Safety Drive
The Second Precinct, Nassau County police, are conducting a
safety campaign, in which they are asking the full cooperation of
all automobile owners.
There are 25 service stations and garages which have been
designated as official Testing Sta-
Just A Reminder
Don't for get to save your waste
paper for the American Legion.
Newspapers, scrap paper, any
kind of paper of any description
should be saved to aid the Amer-ican
Legion in their drive.
The paper will be collected by
members of the Legion Post in
a house-to-house canvass. The
paper collected is to be sold and
the proceeds used to purchase
gifts for the veterans at Kings
Park State Hospital.
Do your part, save your waste
paper and help bring a little cheer
to disabled veterans.
CHURCH SOCIETY
TO SPONSOR
CARD PARTY
The card party to be sponsored
by the United Societies of St.
Martin of Tours Roman Catholic
church of Central avenue, Beth-page,
will be held on February
10 in the parochial school hall
on East Nicholai street, Hicks-ville,
it was decided following a
meeting held last week at the
parish hall, Broadway, Bethpage.
Joseph Walsh was named as
general chairman of the affair
and it was said that committees
for the affair will be announced
at a later date. The United So-cieties
group is composed of mem-bers
of the St. Martins Women's
Guild, the Holy Name Society, and
the Sodality.
METZ SEEKS CAPTAINS POST AT HICKSVILLE
Through a reliable source, the
followmg piece of "Fire Eaters"
news was learned.
Retiring Capt. Edward. Mack of
•Hicksville Hook and Ladder Co.
No. 1 announced at a regular
November meeting that the follow-ing
men were nominated for offi-cers
for the annual election which
will be held Dec. 11, 1941 at" the
tions in the second precinct. These
stations will inspect free of charge
the lights, brakes, horn, tires, and
steering apparatus of all automo-biles
whose owners request an in-spection.
Cars found in satisfac-tory
condition will be provided
with a windshield sticker bearing
the words "Nassau County Police
Legion of Safety Member." The
owner of the automobile also re-ceives
an identification card. A
record is filed in the precinct of
each car tested.
Any patrolman of the second
precinct can direct an automobile
owner to one of the official test-ing
stations oi*they may be rec-ognized
by an official poster which
will appear in the window of the
station.
The Official Testing Stations in
Bethpage are: Benkert's Service
Station on Baldwin Place ^nd the
Bethpage Service Station, of which
John Page is proprietor, on Cen-tral
Avenue. ' -
Adult Education
Classes Open
At Hicksville
Mrs. David Miller has been
named general chairman of the
bazaar which is to be held Decem-ber
12 and 13, by members of the
Harriet Wilson Council Daughters
of America, Parmingdale. The
sale, which is to be held in a
store located on Main street,
Farmingdale, will consist of vari-ous
merchandise, hand made ar-ticles
and food.
Hicksville Fii-e Dept. They are: was taken to the army, at which
former Capt. George Meta for time Mr. Mack took over the post,
captain; Arthur Maxey for first Now that Mr. Metz is back home
lieutenant: John Miller for second - again he is seeking his old post,
lieutenant; Carl Eisemenn for
secretary and Henry Gebhardt for
treasurer.
Mr. Metz w.^ originally the ^^^^^^^ ^ ^ Department as it
captain for the <\.iii,>any Tuitil he comes to this paper.
P. S.: He is unopposed. Watch
for more confidential news of the
Adult education courses con-ducted
by the School for Adult
Education of the Work Propects
Administration began Tuesday
night at the Hicksville High
School.
The subjects being offered in-clude
Americanization, Citizenship,
dressmaking, millinery, Gregg
stenography, typewriting and
bookkeeping.
All adults over seventeen years
of age, and not attending a pub-lic
school, were eligible for the
classes. No tuition fees are charged
but tlie students are required to
furnisli the materials necessary
for the successful completion of
their course. A registration charge
of one dollar to cover all of the
subjects selected by the students
is charged. Students of Ameri-canization
and Citizenship are ex-empt,
as the N. Y. A. employees
and other requiring such exemp-tion.
Cornelius Lauritzen is teaching
the classes. Sessions will be held
evei-y Tuesday at the high school
betwcsn 7:00 and 10:00 P. M. in
room 253.
KEEP EM ROLLING, KEEP EM FLYINGi KEEP DEMOCRACY FROM DYING