The-Leader_1957-08-22

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22nd Year, No. 18
"NASSAU'S LARGEST WEEKLY'* ' '
BALDWIN. RQaSEVELt MERRICK
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FREEPORT, N. Y., THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1957
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Cerebri Palsy Center
Opened to Muscular
Dystrophy Patients
AssodationB Reach
- Agreement on Use of
.Roosevelt Facilities
Chlid and adult muscular dystro-
. phy patients in Nassau nna Suffolk
Counties will receive medical and
therapeutic services at the Cerebral
Palsy Treatnvent Center, Roosevelt,
i£ was announced JW^TOpek.laLMra..
r^'TSJfidEirlbue'JTaeler ct- Great Neckr
president of Nassau-Suffolk Chap­ter,
Musoular Dystrophy Associa­tions
-of America, Inc.. and Mack
Markowltz of Hempstead, pi-esldent
of United Cerebral Palsy Associa-
, Won of Nassau County, Ine>
Under an agreement between the
two health associ'atlOTis, the Center
•will open Its dlaffnostlc and thera­peutic
facilities to muscular, dy'stro-
. |>hy patients on the ^ame basis af­forded
cerebral palsy patients. Tlie
arrangeJaent.caUs for MDAA to pay
£ln onnual-fee'.to'CereUral Palsey of
- Nassau "for use of its faciUttes. ~
More than SO.inuscalar'dyibtrophy
Cqpt. William O.Wheder
A Leader In Developing The
Air Forceps Medical Program
Capt. William O. Wheeler, son o f Mr. and JOts. fe. Clifford Wheeler
190 West Side ave., Is playing an important part in dleveloplng an e t -
tensive medicine program in <the aii-arm of the Seventh Army staUoned
at the Stuttgart, Gernunxy', Army
Air Field. He Is commander of the
FIVE CENTS PER COPT
^*^^%*^^-^'^^^'^^^'^%^"^ Bvl«aoa a^|cs;ss,Win-aiicle(l at toe*
tr^amicnt at an. MOpAA cI)lUca3 4a_-
ncllltyin Queens,~wilUbe referred imv
mediatety . tb-'.tij.$'.-'.CP' 'Center" Ifor
Study and, physical therapy as indi­cated.
The service Is available to all
tlystrophy patients la-the two coun­ties
through <ttie Nassau-Sttffolk
.MEWS^rfchapter,- 9-Main s t , Hemp­stead.
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Muscular dystrophy progressively
vmsti^s the muscles until the'patlent
becomes' weak^ed to tlie point
^here'a slight aliment, SUCII'BS a
cdld, may be-fatal, TJjere are more.
'. thein. ^200,000 • muscular dyrtrophy
' victims, most of them- chiidrenl -Mo
cause or cure-ls known as'yet. ,
Tlie^Nassau-Suffolfc MDAA Chfp-
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.AlItAIAN JASIES _G.~ PLANT
ON Z2-DAY FOTRLOUGH r~ '
A/3C James O. Plant, 87, Nassau
avc, who coia^leted his basic train­ing-,
at Oie jtiakeland, Tex., Air
• Force-Ba&e,. and th"en took 18 weeks
. of technical training at the MUltl-
•Englneering Jet Mechanic School at
tlie base" in Ch'anute,. HI.; Is -home
ab leave, S/Sgt. Sid Oolllns,""AI' Re­cruiter,
located at 5B West Mcrrtds
rd-. announced this, week.
. AlrmaS Plant will-spend-22 days-at
home'berfore'being assigned to
Loringr AFB in Maine .where he will,
atari' patmig ills Technical Tfiraln-
Ing to work. Some of the dutlea of
_ a jet mcohanic are to Jn«i>ect_ Jet
en(,'ihes,'~cbecK fuel consjimptlori, Trt-taratlon,
ignition and fcurpbfgr, re-
, paic or 'replace, components-aiid.
Bub-assemijlles, remove and-^.re­place
filter plugs, ^filters, air adapts
, ers-and many other items.
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BERNABO'S PHABMACST
, OPEN SUNDAY NIGHT
jt Bernard's HBannai^y, 54 West
..' Merrick rdi will remWn open, until
'. ' 10 o'clock jSunday night after other
'' 'Fieeport,Stores; close-early In the
y.^ altemobn for" the rest-of the day.
J.' Ita -'phone 'ihualfei!' 'is'- ITteeport
733d Medical Detachment.
An acctSifit at the activities In
-^htch~be-ls ccmcenied" iS"eiVBii"In
the July 17 Isiu'e of "rtie Stars and
Stripes, dHtellned Valhingcn, Ger­many.
It reads "in part:
"The program now Includes seven
flight surgeons who'double as unit
surgeons and general duty medical
officers. They- are a.-sslgned to in­stallations
with the greatest num­ber
of pilots, so that two are on
duty with Che Iransportatlpn heli­copter
battalloni> attached to V and
VIJ Corps; one with the 7th Army
JPltght Dct and the "Vest with divi-sicms.
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"TfViniag for"' Army /floctors' afi"
VS.- Air PSjrce School -of Avlatlonr.
Mcdicino' at Randolpb~'APB,' "Xex.,
Bind at 'the Navy School at Pcasa-oola
'Naval Air Station,' Fla, ThI?
training 1» followed by applicittion
at the Army Aviation' School at
Ft. Rucker, Ala.
'"The difference_.betwcc!ii general
ntedlcal officers and aviation med­ical
ofticcis,' according to "Capt.
«^ntinued on Page 6)
Stamm'TeU's'Rot«irians
Of Clearing House Work
I'Eidward R. Stamm, director of tlie
Nas£iau Vpwiiy Clearing House
Association on South.-Bergen .'pi,
spoke of the actlyltlesisrjh»t .or­ganization
at •the weekly supper,of
the fftitary club < of Freeport last
Thursday night in tjie ESks-dub-house.
He .said the'Association was made
up of 18 coinmei«ia}- banks of the
county with about 100 branches and
the Koslyn Bavlngs Bank, and com­prised
three divisions. They ane tlie
check clearing. division, the Credit
Bureau and Public Relations aeq-tion,
Mr. Stanim' said* all banking
facilities'were VvaUable at each'of
the offices' of the constituent^ mem­bers,
and cited >fl«rures to Show that
transactions totaling' more tdian a
Billion Dollars are handled by'ttie
Nassau hanbs-anniiaUy. - r^ ' -, — -
•President James SimsiSn presided.
8ULUVAN AT ANNAPOMS.
ReceMng Indocti'ination at the-
V. 8. Naval Academy, Annapolis,
Md., in advance of.i the regular
acadenUo year Ja Dennis A. Bulllvan
.J,10 Bedford ave., Freeport, N. Y., a
graduate'of Freeport Hlgh^ School,
M/txb ^tered the ' Acadertiy on' a
Secretaiy o l the Navy appointment.
Members of the fourth, or "plebe"]
cfass, win bcfein'regular classes Sept!
S. and are scheduled to.he gradu­ated
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James <R. .Ciaravino
To'Ent^ jbelugh in Fall.
. James R. Clarvlno, IT 'pearsali
aye, Preeport. N.Y., js among 'the
700, freshmen who have been ac-ceptiid.
'tor. adxnis.slon -to Xiehigb
'Dtttverslty this fall, Or. jChorle^? A.
Seldle, director of admissions, an­nounced
today. He will entCT'the
College of Arts and.'Science In Sep-t
«nber. ^ '
Freshman week activities -will be­gin,
on the campus Wednesday,
Sept. 4," giving .the -now-students,
who are graduates of 40O high and
preparatory schools, a weet.of ori­entation
before registering Wednes­day,
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Roosevelt Schoob Open
Monday for Enrollment
Registration in the Roosevelt pub-
!!(; schools" will start on Monday and
continuing through the following
Monday. The schools will be closed
on Friday at noon. Offices will be
open from 9 AM, to 4 P.M., on
other days. The' fall term will get
under way on Wednesday, Sept. 4.
-All elementary schools will - bs
open dally from 8:50 A.M.,to noon
3Md_12":50 to 3 PM. Tliere will be
-morning and aftemoon^sesslons of
the kindergartens during the same
hours.
In the Junior High School, grades
seven, eight and nine, the hours will
be from 8:30 A.M„ to 3 P.M.. a
c!hange from lost year. .
Baldwin Adult Courses
To Begin on September 9
. Morcon K. Thau, Director of the
Baldwin Adult School, has an­nounced
the otientng of the Pall
,Teiw' durtag, tlie Week begtomlnB-
(JAFT. IVIIiUAM O.. WaDEEij&"*'sbaf'tt*-tKi6-SS;2w:a'a»Vjl*^a£S*^^
Dodgers Down Keds
Twice in Freeport
Night Encounters
Seven Hows of Play
Give Fans Overdose -
Of, National Pastime
The Brooklyn Dodgers always put
on a good show on Preepoi"t Night
at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, but this
.y.«>.i: J1ey_Qy.«!M..theiriselyes.. juid-.
in wlnniug-livo gamcs^ ovw-the Clh--
cinnatl fteds Tuesday night, pro­vided
eeven hours ofTjaSeball, which
to most fans was just a little t-oo
much of a good thing, 'Warren '
Giles, president of the National _
League, however, saved, the second"
encounter from ending in a tie by
deciding "ciu-few*shall not ring to-nlght,
Jl permitting the . contest. to
continue until Duke Snider ended
the suspense In the 12th Imiin?
with a home run at l;lo ajja. ii^-
etead of being merely > ty-«lght^
duel, it became *a ty-^ght-morntos^
affair".
By. annexing .the. twcT-gaines •jtha
This to *»,. »t»vA§flfeaSr^^^*.T^:^JS'-^*-
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Nlnety-twD clasBes_are on -the'j.P^'^^' ^^^--Sle",;' "'m.^f.i^^^MiA.-iiitHinv^
Fau. Term "Adult Bohool schedule P'^^*''''""^^'^ed xme gafne "Sglilfii^-*'*-^
this year. Miose ola'aaos meet'trcm Bi-^^ ^'^•~ I^Uis CarjUaaJ*.• w^ho were
to 10 p.m., however, some classes *''*''"S - tiv»_ fwnj the Giants. Tti-j
meet dtuing the,'afternoon. Begls- f^"*"'^ defeat mode It nine laaact- •
tratton wlU take place in the Joca- «»»«>* for <*"» Ke*s. who are npw,
tlon -where the class is to be taught out of the nurmlng 13 games In the
and wHi be completed at the first
Class session. Coui;se$ arc open to
residents of Baldwin and neighbor­ing
communities.'
Brochures deseriWng-the oourBes
wUi be mailed to each rodent of
the, Baldwin School District, on -«r
about Sep't.-l.-Persons who reside
outside the Baldwin School District
may write to Mr. T*iau at Brook-side
School in Baldwin or call
•BA.-3-4470 and-a brochure will be
mai'lcd to- them.
Helpful Parcel Post Quide
Issued By Postal Department
A major new service-to re'duce atandlng In line at parcel post wln-s
dows and simplify the mailing of parcel-post psckages. has been Iniigtt-rated
iiere by the Post Office ^Department POstmaflteif Ralph Jj. Marshall
announced this week.
New easy-to-use booklets -telling
o t a _ glance the postage Itjecded to
send any parcel anywhere in the
VS., or its posses&Iana cr> territories,
has been issued to,larger-^jost of­fices
over the natlonJ •" '
niustrattag the uscfjulnesa of .the
new guldes'la thr-fact thalr,,be5ldeB
the Hewf York Post Office itself, the
initial -publication also being-uaed
in 63" other "jiost ~ of fifes" hi. New
Vofk's metropolitan' area and In
Eastern New York State, ai wejH as
in 19 pest offibea in aortdem New
Jtrsey, * ,
EaOh new guide Indicates, 'finder
the various states, listed alphabeti­cally,
the aone nttmiber for any U.S.
post office. Once this aoaa number
is determined, tjhe ' mailer ,or the
postal cleric glances at a' simjple
chart, also printed to' the^. guide,
which' gives, the,/ exact 'postage
charge for tha parcel.
' For example, the, new booklet
may.be.,-used to determine quickly
the postage that should be affixed
to a parcel feolng from "New York-to
Denver, and' weighing less than a
pound. ' • ; , ' ' . ._
T^e "tiaailef^iftflnces'. through' the
Edphabeilcai listing of, states until
lie comes -to Colorado. Under Colo­rado
the guide Indicates that Den­ver
Is in Zone 7, as. computed from
N w York CWyi-The.mailer then
glances at the built-in chart and
finds that it will cost him 30 cents
i postage to mail a parcel of less than
a,pound U> Zone 7.
A list of .offices covered-by the
'.jnltlal New York Issue follows: i'
NEW YORK ' ,
Albertson, AtlazftSc. Beach. Bald­win,
BayvUle, Bellmore, Brdcldyn,
Carle Place,'Ccdarburst, 'East.Nor-
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rear of the Bravos with,4he Pd^I-lles
half a' game further behind.
Oonsejiuently the race now seems
•tp-have "uarrowed do*m to a contest ••
lieibween the ledgers and J^ardlnals
for second and third places with
eao^ -fitlir-.havlng a mathematical.
"chance Co overtake liiie Mllwaukees-.
should they falter.,
largest Freeport Ntght
The Freeporl; contingent at the
double header was the largest In the
history of Freeport Nlghtsr-It HUTO'—
berccTmorc than 300, including the-membrs
of the championship Na-
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AuxiUary Police Take
Tour of Idlewild Airport
, TA party of 100-persons made a
tour of, tho Idlewild JVlrport spon-,
sored Iv the' Freeport Police Asso- ,
elation on Thursday night. A mo­torcade
ot'TOembera and their fami­lies
In private caps made 6he trip
from the Municipal Building ito the
alrpQrt unfler .police" escort.
Arriving there ,tho police of the
airport eS&orted -the party to the
Federal Building • v^hlere two buses-equipped'vflth.
Icnul'speakers were '
bo&rded for a tour of ,the grounds.
Robert Hanley and David Stoddard
explained the various buildings and
faciltica as' ttiey were passed. Ti>ett
Copt. Richard Brady of the Airport
Police Force took over aund ex­plained
lihe fuhctlons of the de- -
pa^tmeht.
' The visitors wen* Informed that
when half tolUlon dollar projects- '
are'cDmifleted In^ 1861, idlewUd wtU
be the eyual if tu>t superior to tber.
airport to Chicago.-PiBsidpnt Jeroyi*,
Greene and Police" Capt- BdwaPft
Dtxon were, in .charg'e of. Ow s*-
rangements' for tha eveotn^.
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