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21st Year,'No. 39 . PEEEPORTj N.1f»i THURSDAY, JANUARY 17.\1957 FIVE CENTS PER COPY
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Hans for High School
Piidinl ike Itaviied
To Avoid Price Risi
Vote, fin More Funds May
Be Necessary in April; '
Size of Bids to Tell Story
The posslbilfty that Preeport
Sishool .DlstrSct wtU need'additional
j_^funds_tor_lts^^roposed $4,275.000
senior high school buOding and
swimming pool was discussed at a
Oittzens' Advisory Committee meet-
::Ltngj'nitaltt?MilEhf,lE.t-lje,.AtWnsoH:
School. If 80, B vote would probably
be scheduled, in April.
Meanwhile, Superintendent John
W. I3odd and the arehWeet, Frede­rick
P. Wledersiim, bi'ought news
that Eomewliat relieved the coni-mitte's
concern over higher con­struction
costs. Mr. Wiedersum, who
toad originally planned a two-story
building with provisions for expan­sions
to tliree stories later if n«ce»-
sarjr, ^id one ol the costs will be
cut about $183,400 in the revised
plans by omitting preparation Tor a
third floor
Economies Described
Tlili change,- adcordih^ to Mr.
'. .-Wiedcrautti. wltfp|pieil|(^;;pIepM
- for an extra-,striMiig"*roi3f,Hixfereinely
wide stairways and. mei^plcal
equipment necessary to prwpare for
the third floor. It also will prevent
the destruction anflJUioonvenience
caused when suoh "additions are
made on- top-of a building. If ex­pansion
, is actually reauired later,
the board Ifeels that 12 el8S8room.«i
couid be attached tb the first floor
or conatruoted sopieiifliere else on
the site. WaltovliSiwWM, Building
Superintendent,'ifitt discussed the
plaiis. .' /"
Dr. Dodd revealed taiat cdianges in
tlMiiiJfPiaiafiiun. a n t ^ r t e t o . oyier
pteajiCJhe_WWta® wBLresuit in
greiitei'.SAdiiitga^withqut sacrificing
spacB AiifllacUttles. State Educatfoix
. l^epaiteBili^pproved these dttt^ei
at a recent Albany eonferenee, he
' said, r
Leo P. GlUyii,, School Board
President, dlscldied^ tHat, foi: * the
&alie«I econoAy sts well as efficiency
IhF BoCrd had modlflcfl the orlgl-
- nal plans many times and Inspected
most of the new iuUiUnffs in near-
- by ccpTOunlOes to find the. inMt
sUitabii inaterlals. - "'
Speakers hesitated to say bow
Chanib^r of CoraiiiierJce Honors Df. W^idnfian
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Merrick Road Stores
Asic County to Delay
Its WideiHifg Project
Work Is Due To Start
Sometitne This Spring
After Bids Are Received
Severe! business
on Merrick road.
estftWlshmehtS
wlhlch Nassau
Pf.TmUm Wnlitaan. cmite, toolds .|«oltt«o^^<>r;im»J«cfcUo^ lJnlte«
FunMf"presented by the Frecjiort <31»aJBi»Br '«rf 'Camiiaerce at Umcbeffn' at Sea Breeze Saturday. On the
lefi fa OUvcr E. U. Reynolds. l»ro Went of the Chain ber. while Mrs. Mabel EatMn, secretary, stands on
the right. Bagatelle Photo
First United Fund Checks
Are Distrihuted At Luncheon
The seven organizatious wliieli parliciiiatecl in tlie Frce-porl
United Fund Appeal received Iheii- checks al a luncheon
given al the Sea Breeze Saturday aflernociii and can now
prbceed with their activities secure in the knowledge thai
tiler will Iiave tlie funds with whicli to carry them out.
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Bodger Boosters^ Dinner
To Be jHeld^February 4
The thted Annaal dinner of the
Tiong Island Dodger Boosters Hot
Stove League wlU be neld Monday
nlght,_ February 4, at The Garden
Olty Batel..Wimain J. .Martin, Jr.,
l^reeport chalrjnBn, aimOunoed this
week, Mr. Martin says- he has a
table reserved for Preaport and
tickets may be purchased at the rate
of $7 per person.
Members of the Dodger team and
official of the club'wlU be ciinong
tijDgf • p-esent at the dinner.
Freeport Is ^eadqtmrters
Freenort will be a sector headquarters ill the Caiinly-wide
Civil Defense MedicKl.WMfafe. Exercise to be held
Montlav night; starlinfi-jaj; I f^lock,Mp.^DorotIi^^
Deputy Director" of Freep<jft>^c<ueat-iwtensc—ym,t, an-nouuced
this week -_4' i.. """" ~ ~ " '
The Preeport eeitor also'will ta^
elude Hempstead, West' Hempstead,
trmondale, Baldwin and Booscvalt..
with the- Carolltae O. Atkinson
School serving as a secondary aid
"station for the entire area. "Victims"
of the simulated emergenci: will be
- brought to Atkhison School from-^ai
of these' onOylng territories.
Meinljers' of the Freeport Medical
Defense Onit are'requested to;_rB^
;,;TBbrf*{U«ctly;t6Uie school ^toiuiay;6tsR?a»i,
night <to iiattlclpate in the exercise.
Suppllek and niateirKilS used to-the
secondary aid station at the school
wHl be furnished ,by the County
Civil Defense organlzntion.
Mrs. Gordon says that amateurs
witfl cameras are invited to take
candid Ihots' of ^ e various'ph»s«a
of the exercise. The best pictures
taken of tlio night's actlvitlfts wlH
be us»d -subsequently in a-County
Further, eaesh received a "pre­mium"
of 3 per cen| with the pos­sibility
that when?il4 pledges are
paid In full beitore July another
"premium," possibly of t per t»nt
may be forthcoming, Or."lSQR5n~B.
'WaWinan, • the Fund president an­nounced.
The luncheon was a IJelebratton
of the success of .the campaign, %t
which the goal of $35,(M» was ^ot
only reached, but cstceeded as
pledges totaled $38i647.oa. 15he
pSXXiO igoal Included $5,000 to cover
e3Q>enses and $30^0 to be divided
among the seven participating or­ganizations.-
The 3 per cent in­crease
raised this amount to $30.-
908.
The checks were banded out as
follows; Salvftion Army, Brigadier
JBcnest..-.W._Nftw.ton. Jt.tZB; Red.
Cross," Mi^s.: Daniel. f^yaT""ciil-man
Pre«port-RooseVelt %rancb,
$7,210; .WreepMt Cerebral" Palsy
trnlt,JWra William Scherer, $6,685;
B^oy Scouts, iudge Paul fe«ly,.|4.-
635; Oirl ecouts. Mrs. WJUlam ,J.
-MSftilj;-'$f|l9l):'~---Btoitttl —Health-,-
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Gwy Lombardo To Play
For Inaugural Ball
Guy Lombardo annomiced this
week he has accepted the Invitation
for his "Royal Canadians" orches­tra
to perform at The Inaugural
Ball at The Armory in Washington.
D.S., on January 21.
The Invitation to Mr. Lombardo
was issued through James C. Pe- r
trlllo. head of the American Fad-1
eratiow ol Musicians, who told the
bandleader that • his presence at
The Inautural Ball had been spe­cif
Icaliy requested by The PresldentF
This Win xnari: Lombardo'a fifth
"command performarice" at a Pres.
Identia! Inaugural Ball. He and
his orchestra have previously per­formed
at balls^ honoring President
Franklin Driiojsevelt in 1983 and
1937. President Harry S. 1*uman
in 1949, and President Dwightp:
"Elsenhower In 1853.
County plans to widen this year
froiti'lhe A &'lP\store east'tt>'Ilea- ' "
dowbrook Cimseway went to Mia-eota
Suprefe Coui't last week seek­ing-
delays of from-thre montli»-to
a year in the lettlnB of contracts so
they would have sufficient Unne t«f
re-locnle.
Justice Howard T. Hogan reserved
decision, snyiftg: "Progress is aW'7
ways difficult, but the new high­ways
are seriously needed. I aju
6ure- the county will co-operate
with the court to give you reason­able
time to get out."
A Nassau Public Works Depart­ment
spokesman told the court that
bids probalily would t>e called lor
some Ume alter ebraary 1. It is un^
derstood that actual work on the
project may start during the lattsr
part of Mareh../ . •, !_.-.,' .:.. .,. •.-...•.•,.
:l^o»v•••ttae^'•^pa'tKfeen!t?-'^;tW^^
•Wffht" be called,for an February
1. Some of the businessmen^ had
lawyers with them to do the talk­ing
for thejn in Mineola.
The proposed extension Of Henry
street from Its present terminus, a.t '
East Merrick road, South, to MiU
road as a bypass on Main street
was also 41scuspfed In court,
Mr. and Mrs, Prank Halouska. of
4 Shea court, whose home is in ttie
middle of the Henry street rlght-jf- ^
way, told Justice Hogan it would
coat them from |la.P00 to 14,000'l»
replace their tfRfelting, which they
have greatly taiproyed In lEheTJast
10 years. Halouslid tt B corpenter.
The proposed e|*efjs!an of Henry
street from its iSr^teeni; terminus, ok
East. Merrick roftdi-floutli- to j c a
road as a by-paps of Main Istteet ^
was" also discussed to eotirt.
Mr. anffTjIr?. FranltiWatou^ of -
4 Shea cour|.i|rtiosf Jroffi'ls^p-the '"
middle. ,oj JbiJiinryJteM..rti^rSt-,.,_ ~
way, told Justice Hoga» It vfouM
cost them £rom.JlZ,M!C! to $14008
to replace their dw^lng. wWch
they have greatly Ipnproved In the
•past XO years. Balausita Is »• car-
•penter. • - -
CASnjfbN PHABMAGY
TO WtA-X OPEN SUNOAY-The
Cannon Pharmacy, 6 South
Main "street, wilt rsmaln open until
10 o'clock Sunday night after olhef
F^ptjVt.drug stores close for tbe
rest of the day.'^Its' phone- rmmbcf
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VUluge Board Adopts Budget
eaMngFer^m Tax Rate
Freeport's tax rate foi'*lh*,CTtfiu^ will remain
iF1.90, based upon a budget adoptcdWu«Sday niglit as pro­posed
by t te Village Board, caWng for $1.252.621 real estate
taxation.
speakers from three clylc assa-ciiP5S^
ta"paifllc"Heai^hg~wan
a.s3«ranoe tha| the board wouiit ap­point-
a Superintendent of PuWlo
Workb, talre steps toward Improving
roads/'and provide funds for a
thxce-man crew who would devoi«
their full time to cleartog out drains
or fixing adjacent streets, ^A pro-gram
for permanent road work was
also urged. • ' , -
tfavm^'CJUcken'aclmowledBed the f plans soujc permanent - street im-
A^aiU thcse-rWtteSts: Sfet^jd-the | , (Contlnugd^on V^seSi) j '
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boird has discussed hiring a puWls
works chief, but doean't^ipsow when
i ftttltable man'wl}l be ^ available;
Asked whether the^ village offtclala
will make a real effort to employ
Euch an executive, to promote more .^
efficient co-ordlnaUon of. various -.
departments, the Mayor sald^ they
\i0Uld,
After drainage work in Soutix.'
Preeport Is completed the board
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