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T 22nd Year»,No» H ui^* EREEPORT, N. Y-, THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1957 FIVE CElSCrS PER COt»Y
Business as Usual
As Freepqrt Bank.
Joins t^LIrustiCo.
A)ll Present Officers ;
Retaunett-rHainfeldl
" Writes .Depositors - '
BuslnesiS went on-as usual. Mon­day
wiieh'the ri'cepijrt Boiik.,rH'ter
-', serving the commmilty jiearly 65
^jj^ara asjjinjndgpeij^entjjistltotfon
;orflciaUy,be[Mune_the.Pr<;eporfc, at'
[ilea W'the Long lalana Thist'Co.;
of Gaidon Cliy. Favorable action
,ou Uie'm.ergM was taken last "week
by the stockhol((crs of the two in-
'3tliutlon«, Trie banking authorlUes
.granted, theU* approval backing up
Hie action of the Boards of Olrec-
. tors 'in 'bringiDg about the consrfili-
' dafion. - '
:. Frederick Hainlejd. Jr.,''is prest-
. 'dent of thfr Long Island Trust Co.
• Katlficstfcm of the - merger'pl8ii."i
'Includes the election of Ralph W.
Taylor, president- of the Preeport
Bank, as a vicS president of the
-,, Trust Coinpaiiy, arid manager of the
;,ti»«(aporJJ<ottticg*.M%ar baawS^mewi-
:-.Ws^'tft <hB Preeport Bant; «^o hayo
-Leaders m Bank Merger
Left lo rlfihtjire Frederick Halnfcld, Jr., tircsident of "the long fcUmd
Trust-Co., of Oordiin City, Mayor IVlllfam F. Gladten, -who has been
elected a director of the Trust Cominny, and Ralph W. Taylor, formet-prcsldent
of the Freeport Bank, vtho has been niuned'vtce-presldeait
«( the merged liutiMition, and manaeer of the Fre^mrt office.
Brady and Gockley
Take School Posts;
Gi&lyn Re>elect^
Charles ¥. Brady and Boy
G. GocWey who werfe- elected
members'of the Board of.fidU'
cation at tbii, arinuAl school ^
meeUnr last Utay, assamed of'
fice at the oreanlxatton mc«t<
trig held In tlie bleh school
building Tuesday nlfiht'
Mr., Brady succeeds Or, E.
Freeman Miller, vho declined
a renomln4tion, while Mr. Gock-
_ley»tokes.. the ,illace.jiil. Clino.n..
B. Smith vice-president, and a
member of the board -for 21
years. He lost out by 34 votes
in a close election.
Leo F. Oibl>'n was re-elected
president for his IStli snoccssive
term.
boei;- elediefl 'to 'the- Btjsrtf of ."Dl*
tectifi-K of ^ the trusi Company arc
'fCharles P. Buckley,.' Jr., WUliam PI.
eiackon, DaVld L6V3? and John J.
,'Rniitlal!. ' • - • ~
'•' "' Drposlia Total $62,000,000
.' .^Elected as aaiistant vice presl-dents
were John I. Lacy, Hubert
L. WcUs .and John F. MuUerT and
.ft2 B.ssistant secretary, Raymond B.
Lockwood' Other personnel will coii-
'ttmie' in their preaeat' rcsponslbiU-tle's.
Operation of the merged 'Institu­tion.?
begran with deposits of tnore
tlian $82,000,000 -and resources of
• eppioxlmately $89,000,000.
Stockholders pf the former Pree­port.
Institution are lecelvlne , 1.8
Bhares of Long. Island Trust co.
stock for each share held in the
Freeport Bank. This will increase
the number of Shares in the en-lareed
bank by 56.000, and Ki-lng the
total 'oUtstnniUne to 184,240 shares,
^ The main office of the Ijong Is­land
Trust Co 1B located at 82
Seventh st.. Garden City. The jiev/
. office Ls at 25 South Jtoln St Other
oflic'es of~tli8 .Trust Company arc
In Stewart Manor.. East Garden
-City and Gr^t Neck. ,
LETTER TO LOCAL DEPOSITORS
Pi-etldent Halnfeld iriatled the
following letter to .all depositor.? of
the Fi-csport Bank:
; "To Our New Customers;
'INow that - the merger- of- the
F-rceport- Bank of -Freeport,. New
York, with the Long Island Trust
Co. has been approved 4t-^ves us
' &. great deal of pleasure to send
•you this not* of welcome from the
•'combined institutions. -^
"You will be pleased to know that
the same people with whpm you are
' acquainted and,who are familiar
\Bith your personal banking require­ments
wiU'be on hand' to serve you.
Banking hours will • remain 'the
same. In addition you will have at
your disposal many new baiiklne,
-trust, and credit facilities offered
(Continued, on JJaoe 4>
Rotary Installs
SimsSn President
" Past Heads Induct
Various Officers;
Conamittees Named
-J -;jam6. .•A,"Sftnsqi»i:»!»« iM,taUed.ia?
president'of '(bo'-'mitaVst'Olub 'ot
Freeport wlHi.'his staff at theweefe-ly
supper of the club hi the Elks
clubhouse last Thursday night. F.
Gordon Edwards, chairman Jjf the
commlttea on~ elections, .presided
over the Inductions, and each of­ficer
was Installed by a past presi­dent
of the club.
Starting In reverse order the
three new members, of the Board of
buectors, Hermiis S. Vcrbceck, John
B. Collins, the retiring prciidcnt,
and Waiter Schmidt, were seated by
Chester H. Smiley. Tnen Arthur F.
Bassett inducted Olivei- E. IT. Rey­nolds
ftb treasurer. Capt. Theodore^
M. Lang officiated for Assistant
Secretary Edwards. Robert B
Paterbon Instailetl Vice-president
Walter .J. Lang and I&rbert A,
Schulte.taducted President Simspn.
•(Continued on page 8)
Post Office Windows
Closed^ on the Fourth
Tliere-wlll .be- no window service
at the Freeport-Post Office rm July
^th, Postmxtster Ralph L. Marshall
announced this week. For the ccm-venJence
ol boxholdei's the lobby
will be open from 0 A.M.:i to 1 F.M.
... There-.^'^iH 'be -jw. j:«gular, deUwery
but; apc.iaBl •delivery matter"wiUVbi
delivered'as.recelvai antll 8, P.M;
Two Gala Programs
On Calendar Here
For Fourth of Jildy
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Freeport Firemeri'Win
Two Cups at Riverhe^d
iSe -Preeporl. ' Plrc Department
won two trophies by 'partlcipatlne
in the 62nd_ annual parade and drill
of the SouKjern New Yprk State
Firemen's Association in Rlvorheejd
last Saturday. • • ,
They were adjudged the' best ap-pearlng
department. In the-parade,
In which they 3jad 135 men In line,
the most-'from any community In
the "area. Chief Donald "WltOiauer
led his nien-in the procession.
ZIPPER'S PHARMACY OPEN
JULY 4 J BERKLEY SUNDAV •"
ZlpperS Pharmacy, 55 South
lOrove St.-, will remain, open until
10 o'clock •' on fiideppndeiiCE Day
after other Presort stores close
edrly In the af'temoon for ithe rest
ot the day. Its phone number Is
FReeport 8-9449, '
A similar service wUl be per­formed
next, Sunday by Berkley
Pharmacy," 28B Nort^ Main 'st„
telephone FReeport 8-5665.
Oons Plan Benefit
At Stoek Car Race§
To Get Percentage of
Receipts on August 23
For Welfare Activities
Lions Club Night Is to b? ob­served
at Che stock car races to be
held at the Municipal Stadium on
Friday night. Augn.">t. 2S. By ar^^
rftngGment wltli Promoter Jack
KeddenberK, the LlDn.$ are BeUlng
tickets for the event at the regu­lar
box-office rate, but they are to
lecelve a percentage of the recelptfe.
The funds derived will go toward
carrylng^ i u t the club's sight conser­vation
and other welfare work
On the committee .of an-anSe-ments
are Harry Wekslcr, Al;SIe^-
frlsd, Murray Slegel and Murray
Neuer, August 27 and 30 have befen
reserved as' "rain* out" dates to
safeguard against having Inclement
weather on~th"e 23d.
Edwin, J, Frccdman, ^unfiel for
the Public Affafa-s mstltute, ad­dressed
the club at Its semi-month­ly
meeting, Tuesday-night, 'June 25
at the EVeeport Manor, He traced
the history of Public "Affairs Week
In Freeport, and told of Its adoption
by" othsr* communities-'throughout
the nation.'
Preildent Julius Posner has
named the following standing; com­mittee
chairmen:
Attendance, Harry Weksler; Cqji-flUtutlon
and by-laws, Arthur Wie­ner"!
convention, Gewge Bemhartr
pinance, Tlieodore Dictor;' Lions
InformaUon. Henry Splfcdec; Mem­bership,
Ralph L, Marshall; Pro­gram,
Murray Neuer; PMbhclty,
Jen^ Bagatelle and Jake Keden-berg;
Bulletbi Editor, Clay BHat-t
l i e w s ; • Community Betterment,
Peter Kelly, »nd Sight- Conaerva-tioa.
Dr. Arnold Friedhoffcr.
Replica of Danish
' Exercises'. itli'Moriiing;,,
.-Freeport'-is'jfc>".'. nave two gala
Pourtli oi".fuly celebVatlops. oi\e in
the mornlnp at "the MuntclpaJ
Building and the other- at night at
the Municipal Stadium.
The former of which Ifidward S.
Martin ischfllrman, wlU be at 10:30
o'clock. It will be a repllcft of one
to bfc put on by Rebuild Park, a
city In bmmark, which ia expected
to draw a crowd of "fiO.Ooo, It wUl
be a. i-epctition of a sUnllar event
held two years ago.
HighhBhted wlU be One ralislng
of the tTnitcd States and Denmark
flags at Uie Municipal Building.
Known as Preeport'6 Reciprocal Re­build
Ceremony, the event wUl be
patterned after one attiended iUice
1612 by Denmark's royal fanxlly
and huge crowds of Danes, at Re-blld
Park in their own country,
where Uiey pay tribute to America's
Independence Day,
Meanwhile,jjocnt "residents are
signing a huge scroll which will ex­press
their good will toward free-dom-
lovhig Danes. Btllie Andersen
of Freeport will fly It to the Mayor
of Aalborgj nearest city to Rebild
Park. . .""
Charles Taylor's Freeport Manor
Is unofficial headquarters ot the lo-fcal
Rebild fe,<itlval. A Danish-born
(Continued on page 3)
$160,000 in Bonds
Voted to Finaifte
PwUng Projects
•Price Voices Kicks .
Over Situation.in
•^ Meister Beaidi-Area
The Village Board ituthorlzed the
issuance of $160,000 In- serial bondsi
nt Ita meeting Monday-night In the
Municipal Building to finance
•permanent end-tempQiar^.43aiking
Jl^lda. Thes^ .spaces for gm.tos. are
being speeded so they will be ready
ior use in the emergency period
expected during the construction of
the railroad grade orosaing eUmi-natlon
project.
Fences to keep trespassers off the
vUlnge-owned beach property at
Melater Beach were urged by Albert
Price, president of the Mel<iter
Beach Re.sldents Aasoclfttlon, in a
talk before ttie Board.
Police patrols have reduced the
nulsnncD, Mr PrJoc said, but qulic
a few pennons swim there despite
.signs erected by residents. Boats
land at.the property on Saturday
high'weeds''tO'don 'tMeJl' bathing at- '
tire, with varj'ins degrees of pJ-l-
•yacy. The ,bo«rd agreed to seek ft
solution of the jwoblem. .
' Mrs. Sarah Medaglia,' 6 Troy
pi., accompanied by two neighbors,
"complaiiied about noise and fcftW-
(Oontlndcd on page 2)
Baby Among Three Hurt
In Freeport Collision '• -
Three persons—one of them a filK-months-
old baby—-were* Injured
Sunday afternoon in an' auto col­lision
at North' Bergen pi, and
Randall ave. St^tano Banlerl, 25, 31
New York ave„ was driving a «dan
west on Randall avC- while Lewis
Morcua, 25, of Bayslde waa operating
a conwrtlble northonBergen pi.'
Maiift P. Raniejrt, 22, of the,New
York a've. address, . who siiffercd
bruises on the back and hips,, was?
taken to Docftors . Hospital' to a.
CouAty police ambulance. Barbara
RBUlerl. e months old, received
trpatment for shock. Mr. Ranlerl
has a scalp bruise. '
Planning, Board Calls
Hearing on-JMaiine-Zoning
The plaiining Board wlU-hokl a
public hearing next Wednesday, at
8 JPJM. In the Municipal Building on
a proposal to' reaono Arthur st.,
Cornelius.^ St. and Sportsmans ave.
from Residence "A" to Marine Busi­ness..
Reports are that a reason
for the zoning map amendment
would be to allow renting of boat
morlng space In the area.
Included ti the change would be
all ol Arthur st., from Oemellus st.
Bouthwanj; ithe north side of Cor­nelius
St., from Arthur st„ to
•Emories Basin, and all of Sports-mans
ave., south of Bay st.
Civil Defense Ejcerdses
Scheduled for July 12
civil Defens.e exercises are
planned for Friday, July 12, some­time
after ^2 P.M', Hugh Brwln,
chairman oj, the Preeport Civil De­fense
oisanlsiatlon, - amw>uncedjh_l3_
week,
He Bald aU CD. personnel would
participate and the civilian popula­tion
will be expected to co-operate.
Additional details Will be an­nounced
next week.
L, I. LIGHOriNO CO.jJ>ECLA»ES
ITS REGtILAB DIVmEND
The Board of Directors 'bf Long
Island Lighting Co., has declared
a regular quarterly dividend of 30
cents per share on 4he common
stock *f the company. The dividend
will be paj^ble August .1 to sharfi-holdfra
of Koord as of JFuly 12.
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